WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 04: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) (R) and Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) preside over a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Charles Borges, who served as SSA’s CDO since January, said he cannot verify that agency data is being used in accordance with legal agreements or federal requirements.
An SSA spokesperson maintained the agency is “not aware of any compromise” to the cloud environment referenced in the complaint from the agency’s chief data officer.
James Walkinshaw, the Fairfax County Supervisor and former chief of staff to the late Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., speaks during the Congressional District 11 Candidates Forum at the Reston Community Center on June 24, 2025 in Reston, Va. (Photo by Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)