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Federal judge blocks DOGE's access to Social Security Administration's banks of personal information | TechCrunch

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A federal judge blocks Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing systems at the Social Security Administration .

The access violates several federal privacy laws, and the order warned of cybersecurity risks.

DOGE has 10 staffers at SSA , and seven had access to personally identifiable information in SSA data systems.

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