Exclusive: DOGE official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software
A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking ...
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Social Security chief backs down on threat to shut down agency after DOGE ruling
Dudek’s reversal comes after U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander on Thursday granted a request by several union groups seeking to stop “DOGE affiliates” from accessing the personal and ...
Rolling Stone16d
Why DOGE Having Your Social Security Data Is Dangerous
On Thursday, a federal judge ordered Musk and DOGE to stop accessing the data and delete any non-anonymized Social Security records they have collected, saying that DOGE had failed to even explain ...
Rolling Stone16d
Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Personal Data
“My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,” said Lee Dudek, acting Social Security Administration (SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too ...
New York Post16d
Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing personal info from Social Security Administration: ‘Fishing expedition’
A federal judge likened DOGE efforts to identify and eliminate waste and fraud at the Social Security Administration to a “fishing expedition” on Thursday, blocking Elon Musk’s team of cost ...
Business Insider16d
A judge blocked DOGE from accessing the Social Security records of millions of Americans in a blistering ruling
A judge blocked the White House DOGE office from accessing Social Security Administration records. Labor groups sued the SSA for granting DOGE access to sensitive personal information. The judge ...
The Hill16d
Judge temporarily blocks DOGE access to Social Security records
A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’ personal data stored by the Social Security ...
CNN16d
DOGE blocked from accessing sensitive Social Security data, after judge raises concerns of a ‘fishing expedition’
“The DOGE Team is essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion,” Hollander wrote. “It has launched a search for the ...
CBS News16d
Judge temporarily blocks DOGE access to sensitive Social Security Administration systems
U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander wrote in a 137-page decision that a group of unions challenging DOGE's access to systems of records at the SSA was likely to succeed on its claims that the ...
Forbes17d
Judge Blocks DOGE From Accessing Social Security Data
Judge Ellen Hollander granted a temporary restraining order Thursday afternoon that prevents Social Security Administration employees from giving DOGE access to any records that contain personally ...
Wired17d
DOGE Is Doing the Opposite of Government Auditing
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about what federal auditors actually do, and what they think of DOGE. You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on ...
Austin American-Statesman17d
Would you qualify if Trump sends $5,000 DOGE stimulus checks? Only if you earn enough
Should you expect a stimulus check from the Trump administration's DOGE? Is it a stimulus check, refund check, or dividend, and where would this money come from? President Donald Trump said he's ...