Social Security Admin.’s chief data officer resigns after filing whistleblower complaint

Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration, resigned after filing a whistleblower complaint alleging that Department of Government Efficiency employees uploaded sensitive Social Security data to a vulnerable cloud environment, which the SSA denied. Borges cited retaliation and a hostile work environment as reasons for his departure, stating that he could no longer work ethically given the circumstances.

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