DOGE Breached Treasury, SSA, and NLRB Data Systems
DOGE operatives gained access to Treasury payment systems, Social Security records of 300 million Americans, and labor board case data. A whistleblower reported login attempts from a Russian IP using DOGE credentials.
In early 2025, DOGE operatives — many young and inexperienced — gained access to some of the federal government's most sensitive data systems, including the Treasury Department's payment system (which processes trillions in payments), the Social Security Administration's database of 300+ million Americans' records, and the Office of Personnel Management.
At the NLRB, whistleblower Daniel Berulis filed disclosures alleging that DOGE staffers demanded "tenant owner level" access, transferred gigabytes of sensitive case data using accounts configured to leave few traces, and that login attempts from a Russian IP address used valid credentials for a newly created DOGE account. DOGE operatives asked that their activities not be logged and attempted to disable monitoring tools.
At the SSA, DOGE staff copied a dataset of 300 million Americans' records into a virtual database without security protocols and sent password-protected files to outside DOGE affiliates.
A federal judge blocked DOGE's access to Treasury records on February 8, 2025, finding "a real possibility exists that sensitive information has already been shared outside of the Treasury Department."