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DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims
Plus: China’s Salt Typhoon hackers target 600 companies in 80 countries, Tulsi Gabbard purges CIA agents, hackers knock out Iranian ship communications, and more.
Now a whistleblower claims that DOGE staff put one massive dataset at risk of hacking or leaking: a database containing troves of personal data about US residents, including virtually every American’s Social Security number. The firings have reportedly unsettled the CIA’s rank and file, sending a message that survival depends on hewing intelligence to fit the president’s views. Critics noted, however, a fact sheet published by Gabbard on Monday itemized only a fraction of those savings, and tjeu warned that the overhaul could hollow out the very coordination ODNI was created post-9/11 to provide—discarding expertise and leaving the intelligence fragmented at a time of escalating threats.
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