The Social Security Administration‘s chief data officer has resigned after his whistleblower complaint against DOGE. Charles Borges has labeled this as an involuntary resignation after he called out the Department of Government Efficiency for misusing and copying sensitive information of millions of Americans.
His resignation letter says, “This involuntary resignation is the result of SSA’s actions against me, which make my duties impossible to perform legally and ethically, [and] have caused me serious attendant mental, physical, and emotional distress.”
He called his position too untenable since SSA has a potential unlawful data management system. He stated he’ll be unable to fulfill his statutory duties as the chief data officer. According to Borges’ claim, many DOGE workers copied SSA’s entire database with sensitive personal information.
🚨 BREAKING (9:56 PM CDT, Aug 29, 2025): SSA whistleblower Charles Borges just got shoved out after exposing DOGE for dumping the entire Social Security database of 300M+ Americans onto a vulnerable cloud. Efficiency? Hell no—this is a goddamn data crime apocalypse. #DOGEScandal… https://t.co/tD4pWQCdkD
— P a u l ◉ (@SkylineReport) August 30, 2025
The numident data contains social security numbers and names, birth dates, and addresses of millions of Americans. They copied it to a vulnerable cloud server. This move makes the government liable to reissue new Social Security numbers to millions of citizens.
So much information on a vulnerable cloud makes these people more susceptible to identity theft while also violating federal law. Furthermore, Borges shed light on the toxic work culture at SSA and said that the leadership team did not address his security concerns.
Moreover, his resignation letter disappeared in just half an hour from the recipients’ inboxes, further confirming the control and the censorship. This complaint comes in the middle of the Trump administration, which is getting accused of mishandling data.
NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server. pic.twitter.com/NCxl3rJ8N0
— Nicholas Nehamas (@NickNehamas) August 29, 2025
Earlier in March, when Elon Musk was the head of DOGE, the department was accused of accessing Social Security data. So far, there’s no evidence that points towards a data breach, but Borges confirms there are certain serious risks.
He has warned about the widespread potential for identity theft, which could lead to a nationwide fallout. Many may lose their food and healthcare benefits due to the data leak.
Borges will continue to work on the Government Accountability Project to ensure cooperation with the investigation. On the other hand, SSA confirmed to the Daily Beast that they are aware of no privacy breach and that they are dedicated towards the protection of sensitive personal data.
