Federal judge issued an order on Thursday to block Elon Musk’s Ministry of Government Efficiency From access to the Social Security Agency (SSA) systems, these systems store personal information for millions of Americans.
exist Thursday’s rulingMaryland’s U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander alleged Doge “essentially taking part in a fishing expedition” to fraud “based on “only suspicion.” Holland said Doge “never identified or articulated” the reason it needed to access “personal and private data of millions of Americans.”
According to the Dutch visit, several federal privacy laws were violated and warned of cybersecurity risks.
According to the document, Doge has 10 employees in SSA, 7 of whom have access to personally identifiable information in the SSA data system. TechCrunch has confirmed several Akash Bobba and Scott Coulter.
Hollander said the SSA initially granted Doge access to the system, which includes the benefits of social security numbers, medical records, driver’s license numbers, tax information, and other personal information.
