Trump admin says Social Security database wasn’t “leaked, hacked, or shared”

A protest over DOGE's reductions to the federal workforce outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building on March 19, 2025 in New York City. Credit: Getty Images | Michael M. Santiago

The Trump administration yesterday issued a lengthier denial of a whistleblower's allegation that DOGE officials at the Social Security Administration (SSA) copied the agency's database to an insecure cloud system. The allegation centers on the Numerical Identification System (NUMIDENT) database containing Americans' personally identifiable information.

The cloud location described by the whistleblower report "is actually a secured server in the agency's cloud infrastructure which historically has housed this data and is continuously monitored and overseen—SSA's standard practice," said a letter sent yesterday to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho).

The letter was sent by SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano, a Trump appointee who was previously CEO of the financial technology company Fiserv. It ...