838
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat (www.ecoticias.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
160 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

According to a protected disclosure filed with the Office of Special Counsel, Borges told the Government Accountability Project that DOGE officials working at Social Security created a “live copy” of the country’s Social Security records in a separate cloud environment that sidestepped usual security checks.

The group says those lapses put the Social Security information of more than 300 million Americans at risk.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

It was never meant to part of any kind of database, but banks and businesses found a loophole to that a long ass time ago and now we're here.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    What do you think it's meant for? It's a perfect fit for any database that needs to uniquely identify a person.

    The problem is using it as authorization without any other checks.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •