The private information of hundreds of millions of Americans is at risk after the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of a vast Social Security database to a cloud server in June, according to a whistleblower complaint from the chief data officer for the Social Security Administration.

The complaint accuses DOGE of bypassing security protocols to move Americans’ sensitive personal data outside federal oversight and onto an insecure AWS cloud instance, potentially violating established security practices and several laws.

Employees at DOGE – the Trump administration effort initially led by billionaire Elon Musk that aimed to slash public employment while bringing high-tech efficiency to the federal government – uploaded a massive Social Security database to an unsecure server in June,