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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin and Alex Woodward

Social Security whistleblower who claimed DOGE uploaded 300 million people’s data to the cloud quits post

The Social Security chief data officer who blew the whistle on the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, claiming it uploaded 300 million people’s data to the digital cloud in a “serious data security lapse,” has quit the agency.

A bombshell whistleblower report by Charles Borges earlier this week claimed that DOGE put people’s personal information, including addresses, birth dates, and other sensitive data that could be used to steal identities, at risk of being leaked or hacked into.

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