Not sure if this should be moved to another topic, but seems
worthy of its own thread. How confident this complaint will be
handled by the DOJ
According to the disclosure, the former DOGE software engineer, who worked at the Social Security Administration last year before starting a job at a government contractor in October, allegedly told several co-workers that he possessed two tightly restricted databases of U.S. citizens’ information, and had at least one on a thumb drive. The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names. The complaint does not include specific dates of when he is said to have told colleagues this information, but at least one of the alleged events unfolded around early January, according to the complaint. While working at DOGE, the engineer had approved access to Social Security data.
Duce630
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If true, this guy needs to be in jail. I would expect his/her current employer would likely need to fire him/her for opening them up to additional liability.
This is exactly the type of stuff people were worried about that others wrote off as TDS or EDS.
This is just speculation but before you start blaming DJT or root for the breach so you can feel good… you might also consider that the DOGE staff previously to DJT had access to sensitive Social Security data as part of government work, which already caused privacy concerns and lawsuits.
DOGE was merely a campaign strategy that fell flat
It was an attempt to persuade voters that they would save money from “government bureaucratic waste”, and DT signed on because he didn’t take it serious and didn’t expect anything to come from it
No, it didn’t in current form. You said DOGE staff. That org was completely remade and purpose changed. It wasn’t the same org doing the same things.
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Duce630
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I don’t understand what you’re saying. There was no “DOGE staff” prior to DJT. DOGE was a renamed, and reformed agency. The previous agency also did not have “god level” access to the Social Security Administration database. Pre-DOGE, Social Security, IRS Records, all that stuff was silohed (partly due to old technology & such, partly by design). It was widely reported that the access received by many DOGE staff was unprecedented.
Were there privacy breaches pre-DJT? Yes and I feel the same way about those as I do about this one. Those responsible due to negligence, criminal intentions, etc. should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law as well as anyone who enabled them. Just like how that ex IRS contractor received 5 years for leaking DJT’s tax returns, this person should have a similar fate.
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Here’s a brief bit on DOGE from Chatgpt from when it was the United States Digital Service to switch to DOGE. USDS was an advisory agency and not operational like DOGE became.
Wild for anyone to suggest that a person who directly authorized and gave someone power and access isn’t also somehow directly responsible for the f–kups that those people commit. The buck stops where exactly??
Do you want me to start posting their depositions where they admit saving 500 million americans personal info on a flashbdrive to take to a new employer?
But let me guess you love DOGE?
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You betcha I love DOGE. Saving $B’s is one of the best thing that has happened. Wasteful spending has to be addressed every year. I am sure you deep down you wholeheartedly agree. Come on admit it.
I support finding wasteful spending but not at the expense of a massive transfer of personal data to third parties.
If DOGE was so good why was it disbanded?
Hint- because the actual goal of getting data was acomplished.
How much money did doge save or cost the US?
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has claimed significant savings, but independent analyses indicate that the actual amount saved is much lower than reported and often difficult to verify, with critics suggesting that the cost of implementing the cuts may be as high as the savings themselves.
DOGE’s Claims vs. Independent Estimates
DOGE Claim: As of April 2025, DOGE claimed to have saved roughly $160 billion to $175 billion.
Independent Analysis: A May 2025 analysis by POLITICO found that DOGE saved less than 5 percent of what it claimed from its contract terminations. Another report suggested that of the roughly 700 canceled contracts, the verifiable savings were a small fraction of the billions claimed.
Net Savings: Some experts, such as Max Stier of the Partnership for Public Service, estimated that the actions could cost taxpayers as much as $135 billion this fiscal year in expenses related to layoffs, severance, and potential rehiring.
Key Findings on DOGE’s Savings
Overstated Figures: Analyses found that DOGE sometimes included the entire “ceiling value” of a contract (the maximum potential spend) as savings, rather than the actual, smaller amounts of money that were committed.
Accounting Errors: Critics pointed out multiple errors, including a case where a $8 million contract was mistakenly cited as an $8 billion savings.
Low Impact on Overall Deficit: Despite the claims of savings, total government spending did not decrease by the same amount, with some reports showing it actually increased during the first half of 2025.
Rehiring Costs: Several cuts, particularly in the nuclear safety and regulatory sectors, were later reversed due to the high importance of the jobs, leading to rehiring and lessening the long-term savings.
Targeted Areas
DOGE targeted USAID, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education, with reported cuts including:
Over 260,000 federal workers fired, retired, or bought out.
Thousands of contract and grant terminations.
The shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Agency for International Development.
Ultimately, while DOGE aimed to cut $2 trillion, the actual, tangible savings to the federal government have been estimated to be in the low billions rather than the hundreds of billions.
If there was so much fraud found, well, where are all the criminal indictments?
As of early 2026, there have been no confirmed criminal indictments directly resulting from the initiatives of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)