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Whistleblower says Trump officials copied Social Security numbers

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/26/nx-s1-5517977/social-security-doge-privacy
15•disposition2•3h ago

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disposition2•3h ago
The actual complaint (PDF)

https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/08-26-2...

From the article (emphasis is mine):

> According to Borges' complaint, on June 10, days after the Supreme Court ruling, a former DOGE employee at the SSA named John Solly requested that the agency make a copy of its Numerical Identification System (NUMIDENT) database to a private cloud that would be located within the SSA's Amazon Web Services — Agency Cloud Infrastructure.

> *The NUMIDENT database is the master file for all information submitted in applications for Social Security cards. The database includes applicant names, place and date of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents' names — along with the Social Security numbers.*

ChrisArchitect•3h ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45026372
disposition2•3h ago
Thanks and apologies, I searched for the article link prior to posting but didn’t look for articles from other sources and didn’t see anything in the first few pages on the site

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