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Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social

The whistleblower stated that “no verified audit or oversight mechanisms” existed to monitor what DOGE was using the data for or whether it was being shared outside the agency. That kind of oversight would typically be provided by the agency’s career information security professionals"

aug 26, 2025, 8:03 pm • 2 0

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Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social

The career people said NO but DOGE did it anyway. "And his complaint cites an official agency security assessment that described the project as “high risk” and that warned of “catastrophic impact” to Social Security beneficiaries and programs if the database were to be compromised."

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Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social

“Should bad actors gain access to this cloud environment, Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital health care and food benefits, and the gov't may be responsible for reissuing every American a new Social Security number at great cost,” Mr. Borges’s complaint said."

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Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social

“I have determined the business need is higher than the security risk associated with this implementation and I accept all risks,” wrote Aram Moghaddassi, who worked at two of Mr. Musk’s companies, X and Neuralink, before becoming Social Security’s chief information officer, in a July 15 memo.

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Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social

It was big BIG BALLS who took the data! "Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE software engineer, was also involved in the project and would be given access to the server, other records show."

aug 26, 2025, 8:25 pm • 4 1 • view
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Epstein files or bust @crackermack.bsky.social

Plenty of life left to serve out in federal prison.

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