DOGE staff sent 1,000 Americans' Social Security records to a Musk associate
In court filings, the Social Security Administration acknowledged that staff from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved Social Security data to an unauthorized private server and sent roughly 1,000 Americans' records to a Musk associate, Antonio Gracias, without proper authorization (NPR). A whistleblower account reported by NBC News also described Social Security data placed on a risky, unapproved server. A federal court order required the improperly obtained data to be deleted (Democracy Forward); the injunction was later lifted by the Supreme Court, and members of Congress called for a criminal investigation. No criminal charges have been filed. Social Security Works has campaigned on the issue.
Reports SSA's court admission that DOGE staffers shared data on an unapproved private server and sent ~1,000 Americans' records to a Musk associate.
Independent confirmation via a whistleblower account of Social Security data being put on a risky, unauthorized server.
Legal advocacy group's summary of the federal court order requiring DOGE/Musk to disgorge and delete improperly obtained SSA data; describes the litigation but is not itself the court filing.
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The Social Security Administration's inspector general notified House and Senate committee leaders that it was reviewing an anonymous complaint about potential misuse of SSA data by a former DOGE employee, including alleged copies of the NUMIDENT and Death Master File databases; congressional Democrats expanded their own probe. Source ↗