DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says

A whistleblower complaint, reported by The Washington Post, accuses a former DOGE software engineer of stealing two sensitive Social Security Administration databases — 'Numident' and the 'Master Death File' — containing records for over 500 million Americans, and storing them on a thumb drive with plans to use the data at a new employer. The SSA's inspector general is investigating. This is part of a broader pattern of alleged DOGE-related data mishandling at the SSA, including a prior incident where DOGE members uploaded Social Security records to a vulnerable cloud server and another where members accessed restricted Social Security numbers to aid an advocacy group.