Recent reports reveal that DOGE, an entity associated with Elon Musk, is allegedly constructing a "cross-agency master database" that merges sensitive data from the IRS, SSA, and voting records. Rep. Gerald Connolly has raised concerns about the implications for privacy and cybersecurity, particularly as this database plan may integrate with the Department of Homeland Security. Whistleblower testimonies indicate troubling methods to access inter-agency IT systems, posing risks not only to sensitive data but also to compliance with privacy regulations.
Connolly cited testimony from SSA whistleblowers who witnessed DOGE engineers accessing the agency's IT system with "backpacks full of laptops, each with access to different agency systems."
Wired detailed an effort at DOGE to fold this database into the Department of Homeland Security, "mass amounts" of personal data harvested from the IRS, SSA, and voting records.
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