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• @lizzadwoskin Elizabeth Dwoskin on x

  SCOOP: Last year we reported extensively on Elon Musk's desire to break into the data pipes of government to bypass the federal bureaucracy. That approach had major consequences — one of which we reveal today: A DOGE bro allegedly made off with volumes upon volumes of highly

• r/politics r on reddit

  Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  A DOGE software engineer is alleged to have taken records on more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents' names. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @willoremus.com Will Oremus on bluesky

  A DOGE software engineer is alleged to have taken records on more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents' names. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ 202... by @merylkornfi…

• @joffirphd J. Offir, PhD on bluesky

  This is why the president's pals shouldn't be allowed to install unvetted men just out of their teens in federal agencies.  It also demonstrates why we need Inspectors General.  (Trump fired 17 the week he took office.)  —  Details about your data below:  —  🧵1/7  —  www.washingt…

• @metacurity.com Cynthia Brumfield on bluesky

  This is likely the least of what DOGE took.  —  The Social Security inspector general's office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ 202...

• @ktumulty Karen Tumulty on bluesky

  Another scoop from the @washingtonpost.com : Govt IG is investigating allegation that a former DOGE member claims to have taken private Social Sec data on a thumb drive to his new private employer.  By @merylkornfield.bsky.social Elizabeth Dwoskin and Lisa Rein www.washingtonpost…

• @paleofuture Matt Novak on bluesky

  “He told another colleague, who refused to help him upload the data because of legal concerns, that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal, according to the complaint.”  [embedded post]

• @mehdirhasan Mehdi Hasan on x

  Now we know why Musk gets so angry and upset when anyone suggests a future Democratic administration/Congress should investigate him for any alleged crimes committed during the DOGE period.

• @basedjensen @basedjensen on x

  Lol I am still surprised the amount of tech right people who fell for and cheered doge psyops when people like data republican was on here showing how retardedly incompetent they were

• @modeledbehavior Adam Ozimek on x

  Move fast and break things (and also accomplish nothing)

• @democracyforward.org @democracyforward.org on bluesky

  DOGE's mishandling of government data is reckless at best and dangerous at worst.  —  Reveals like these are EXACTLY why we're in court over DOGE's unlawful access to the sensitive personal information of millions of people.

• @rvawonk Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D on x

  And somehow, it gets even worse: The former DOGE employee “told another colleague [...] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal...”

• @lawindsor Lauren Windsor on x

  If the private employer of this ex-DOGE engineer is found to be using these stolen Social Security files, the employer should be sued in a class action from every single fcking person in the database.

• @repjudychu Judy Chu on x

  A former DOGE employee has been accused of illegally copying sensitive Social Security data onto an unsecured thumb drive for personal use. This is exactly why @RepGwenMoore and I marched into the Speaker's office last year demanding to know why Elon Musk & DOGE were given

• @waysmeanscmte @waysmeanscmte on x

  wtf.

• @reprichardneal Rep. Richard Neal on x

  This damning allegation demands a full investigation, and is exactly why Democrats have been sounding the alarm about the Trump Administration's reckless handling of Americans' most sensitive data for over a year. Republicans must stop acting like none of this is happening and

• r/cybersecurity r on reddit

  DOGE member took Social Security data on a thumb drive, whistleblower alleges