(NewsNation) — Millions of Social Security recipients' personal information is at risk after federal efficiency officials created an unsecured copy of the nation's Social Security database in a cloud environment, a whistleblower alleged Tuesday.

Charles Borges, chief data officer at the Social Security Administration, filed a protected disclosure with the Office of Special Counsel warning that Department of Government Efficiency officials employed by SSA "circumvented oversight protocols" to access sensitive data on more than 300 million Americans.

The allegations suggest DOGE personnel authorized themselves to create a live copy of SSA's entire database without independent security measures, potentially exposing Americans to widespread identity theft.

Borges began serving as SSA's chie

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