Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals
Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive dataAfter months of denials, the Trump administration has acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation accessed and...
<p>Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data</p><p>After months of denials, the Trump administration has acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data.</p><p>The justice department <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321.197.0.pdf">court filing</a>, submitted on Friday in an ongoing lawsuit, reveals that a member of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) signed a secret data-sharing agreement with an unidentified political advocacy group whose stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and overturn election results in certain states.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/doge-social-security-data">Continue reading...</a>
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