I used to think DOGE was merely grossly technically incompetent. I’m now of the opinion that it was partly an intentional data grab. This just being one example that happened to be uncovered.

> a political advocacy group contacted two members of the DOGE Social Security team, asking for an analysis of state voter rolls the advocacy group obtained. The group was not identified in the court filing, but the Justice Department said the group’s goal was “to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain states. One of the DOGE employees signed an agreement with the advocacy group

Throw the book at them. This is highly confidential data, with massive misuse potential. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, and this sounds deliberate, not accidental or momentary lapse type of thing.