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In reply to the discussion: Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job [View all]orleans
(36,854 posts)36. thom hartmann just had alex lawson from social security works on his show
this is the biggest data breach in the history of the world!
this is from jan. 21:
(Washington, DC) The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works:
Nearly a year ago, Elon Musks DOGE forced out Social Securitys acting commissioner after she refused to hand over the American peoples private Social Security data.
Unions and advocates quickly filed a lawsuit to bar DOGE from accessing the data, but the Supreme Court issued a preliminary injunction restoring DOGEs access. Now, we are beginning to learn what DOGE is doing with it.
New court filings related to the lawsuit reveal that DOGE operatives entered an agreement with an advocacy group to share private Social Security data with the goal of overturning election results in several states. The filings do not reveal the identity of either the DOGE operatives or the advocacy group.
Thanks to Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, Elon Musks DOGE minions have access to our private Social Security data. So does anyone they choose to share it with and anyone who can hack the unsecured server theyve stored it on.
This weeks revelations are just the tip of the iceberg. We need to know exactly who has our data and what they are doing with it. And those who have committed illegal acts must be prosecuted.
Republicans in Congress love to claim that they support Social Security. Now is their chance to prove it, by launching a long-overdue investigation into just what DOGE is doing with our earned benefits and our private data.
https://socialsecurityworks.org/doge-stole-private-social-security-data-congress-must-investigate-now/
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Tuesday
OP
And Trump. the guy who gave Elon the latitude to do anything with no rules, no oversight
JHB
Tuesday
#14
DOGE was an illegal intelligence and information gathering raid by Elon Musk and his tech bros. Something for everyone!
Martin68
Tuesday
#22
(wapo won't even let me read the gift article without creating an account! fuck them! i'll use the archive website
orleans
Wednesday
#26
msn often republishes WaPo articles but I waited and waited and they didn't before I posted but they now have it
BumRushDaShow
Wednesday
#28
i just thought it was really weird for a gifted article to require someone to start an account. maybe they've always don
orleans
Wednesday
#35
What a DOGE Staffer Did With Americans' Social Security Data Will SHOCK YOU - Talking Feds
Rhiannon12866
Thursday
#38