Sen. Peters calls on Social Security Administration to investigate cyber risks of DOGE cloud database

Senate Homeland Security Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI) is asking the Social Security Administration to shut down and audit a cloud database created by Department of Government Efficiency personnel without verified security controls, in a report from minority committee staff.

“Multiple whistleblowers, including Chuck Borges, the former Chief Data Officer (CDO) at SSA, provided disclosures that, as of the time of the disclosures, DOGE employees at SSA had access to personal data on all Americans, including Social Security numbers (SSNs),...