Personnel at the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of the Social Security database to a vulnerable cloud server, The New York Times reported, citing a whistleblower complaint.
The whistleblower, Charles Borges, said this put hundreds of millions of Americans at risk of being leaked or hacked. The database included individuals’ full names, addresses and birth dates, among other details that could be used to steal their identities, Borges charged.
Borges did not say if the database had been breached or used inappropriately, the Times reported.
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