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."
“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."
“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.
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."
Plenty of life left to serve out in federal prison.