Social Security

Months after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was disbanded, calls for scrutiny of its work are intensifying.

Advocacy and labor groups including Stop the Money Pipeline, Tesla Takedown and the Communications Workers of America are demanding an investigation into possible criminal activity by DOGE or its staff after revelations that agency employees at the Social Security Administration shared sensitive personal data.

Top congressional Democrats are demanding CMS explain how the agency accidentally revealed sensitive information about providers, including Social Security numbers, through a public release of National Provider Directory data. The Democrats also want to know what steps CMS is taking to protect providers whose identities could be stolen because of the leak and prevent future directory errors.

A newly reported failure of the Trump administration’s ability to handle sensitive private information in the social programs it is tasked with operating triggered a fresh wave of anger over the weekend after it was revealed that healthcare providers’ Social Security numbers were made public as part of a faulty Medicare po

The Social Security numbers of numerous healthcare providers were accidentally published in a publicly accessible Medicare portal database, sparking immediate concerns about identity theft and the compromise of frontline workers' personal data. This oversight has raised immediate alarms about the potential for fraudulent activity after the breach was first detailed in a Washington Post investigation.