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Social Security Website Crashes Blamed on Doge Software Update

The Social Security Administration has been a target of Elon Musk over unproven allegations of rampant fraud.

The network crashes appear to be caused by an expansion initiated by the Trump team of an existing contract with a credit-reporting agency that tracks names, addresses and other personal information to verify customers’ identities. It has been widely reported that the Social Security Administration is struggling in the wake of widespread cuts directed by President Trump and Musk’s DOGE government efficiency team. Musk surely feels emboldened by his takeover of Twitter, though, in which he laid off the majority of staff and managed to keep the service functioning (although it is riddled with problems and arguably has not changed materially since the acquisition).

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