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All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use. February 16, 2026
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submitted by Cnote5 to technology 670 points | 113 comments https://www.ecoticias.com/en/all-u-s-social-security-numbers-may-need-to-be-changed-following-a-massive-breach-that-is-already-being-investigated-as-a-national-threat/27158/ 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.

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