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The Independent3mon
DOGE’s haphazard takeover of Social Security risked data of millions of Americans ‘leaking into the wrong hands’
Tiffany Flick, a civil servant of 30 years, detailed the speed with which a DOGE associate was parachuted into the administration to access sensitive data. Flick, who was forced out last month ...
The Hill3mon
Ex-Social Security official describes ‘significant’ risk of sensitive data going to wrong hands under DOGE
Tiffany Flick, a former Social Security official, detailed what she sees as a “significant” risk of sensitive government data heading into the wrong hands under Elon Musk’s Department of ...
Los Angeles Times3mon
A Social Security insider describes DOGE’s rampage at the agency and the threat to your benefits
These details and others are drawn from an extraordinary declaration made in federal court in Maryland by Tiffany Flick, who rose during her 30 years with the agency to become acting chief of ...
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Former Top Social Security Official Reveals DOGE Employees Demanded Access To Sensitive Data And Exposed It In Unsecured Locations
Concretely, Tiffany Flick filed a declaration before a federal court, detailing how outside appointees demanded access to sensitive taxpayer information while bypassing established procedures and ...
NPR2mon
The government already knows a lot about you. DOGE is trying to access all of it
Why it matters: Tiffany Flick, the agency's acting chief of staff until she retired last month, expressed her concerns about DOGE access in a declaration included in the lawsuit filed by the unions.
Nextgov3mon
Lawsuit outlines how DOGE pushed for access to Social Security systems and data
Among the new court documents is a declaration from Tiffany Flick, a retired SSA employee who worked at the agency for almost 30 years and served most recently as the acting chief of staff to ...
Rolling Stone2mon
Why DOGE Having Your Social Security Data Is Dangerous
The lawsuit contained the testimony of a 30-year veteran of the agency, Tiffany Flick, who said in a deposition that DOGE’s demand for the data was unusual and improper. That’s because neither ...
The Oakland Press2mon
Former Social Security official says Musk team refuses to say how sensitive data is being used, shared
These and other allegations are included in a sweeping declaration filed as part of a federal lawsuit Friday from Tiffany Flick, the agency’s acting chief of staff until she was forced out in ...
NPR2mon
DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
But an affidavit from former SSA chief of staff Tiffany Flick said that Bobba was working off-site from OPM where other people "may have also had access to this protected information," Flick wrote.
Click2Houston3mon
Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
Recommended Videos Included in the filing is an affidavit from Tiffany Flick, a former senior official at the agency who says career civil servants are trying to protect the data from DOGE.
DOGE’s haphazard takeover of Social Security risked data of millions of Americans ‘leaking into the wrong hands’
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s haphazard takeover of the Social Security Administration risked data of ...