Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) improperly shared Social Security data through a third-party server, according to a recent court filing from the Justice Department.
The DOGE team embedded at the Social Security Administration (SSA) used Cloudflare, which was not approved for storing agency data, to share data during a 10-day period in March, the filing noted.
The agency has not been able to determine what data was shared and whether it still exists on the server, according to the document filed Friday, which seeks to correct the court record based on new information.
Two DOGE employees at the SSA were also contacted by a political advocacy group that sought to analyze state voter rolls with the goal of finding “evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States,” according to the filing. One DOGE employee ultimately signed a “Voter Data Agreement” with the group.
Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward: “This case also shows the importance of litigation: the only way the American people have been able to learn what their government is up to in secret is because of the judicial process and our brave clients’ lawsuit,” she added. “We will continue to do that in the days ahead and will use all legal tools to pursue accountability.”
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