Learn how to lock your Social Security number for free to prevent employment fraud and identity theft using E-Verify or by ...

A newly released report from Senate Democrats alleges that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has “copied Americans’ sensitive Social Security and employment data into a cloud database ...

The Department of Government Efficiency put the personal data of millions of Americans, including Social Security numbers, on a vulnerable server in June, according to a new whistleblower complaint.

New bipartisan laws approved in December strengthen how Social Security responds to identity theft and better protect ...

A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private ...

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