Ars Technica: My SSN was exposed in a breach at Columbia—a school I have no connection with. “A weird text from my dad in February sent me on a months-long quest to solve a mystery that has been troubling an odd group of victims from a Columbia University data breach last year. That group? People with absolutely no connection to the school. The text included a photo of a letter from Columbia, […]

The Real Cost of Downsizing Social Security

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Reuters: Medicare portal database exposed US health providers’ Social Security numbers, WaPo reports. “A Medicare portal database exposed U.S. health providers’ Social Security numbers, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The Post reported that the database was used to populate a directory created last year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help seniors search for […]

Lifehacker: This Massive Data Breach Leaked 2.7 Million Social Security Numbers. “Another massive data breach has compromised millions of Americans’ healthcare data and sensitive information. Navia Benefit Solutions, a benefits administrator for more than 10,000 U.S. employers, has disclosed a hack that affects nearly 2.7 million individuals, according to a March 18 filing with the Maine […]

PC Magazine: Exposed Database Was Storing More Than 1 Billion Social Security Numbers. “A database indexed using Elasticsearch was left open on the internet, according to security provider UpGuard. The stockpile contained 3 billion records, including email addresses and passwords, along with another dataset of 2.7 billion records, including SSNs.”

Data breach at credit check giant 700Credit affects at least 5.6 million

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Mashable: DOGE’s insecure Social Security database part of secretive cybersecurity nightmare, report claims. “Last month, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was accused of creating a live cloud copy of every U.S. citizens’ Social Security information, one without appropriate security oversight or tracking to determine who accessed the data. A concerning new report from the Homeland […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/28/mashable-doges-insecure-social-security-database-part-of-secretive-cybersecurity-nightmare-report-claims/

The Register: Social Security admin denies DB data leak, DOGEs questions about a copy. “The Social Security Administration (SSA) has disputed a whistleblower’s allegations that claimed DOGE made an unauthorized, unsecured copy of a critical database – but it’s what the denial doesn’t say that speaks volumes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/22/the-register-social-security-admin-denies-db-data-leak-doges-questions-about-a-copy/

The Register: DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud. “A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump’s DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every single American at risk by duplicating an agency database in an unauthorized cloud environment.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/the-register-doge-accused-of-duplicating-critical-social-security-database-on-unsecured-cloud/