All of these claimants had “incorrectly announced DOGE representatives in a way that is completely separated from the legitimate purposes for which it was maintained and contrary to their privacy rights,” said the court case. The claimants are said to “be concerned that the infringement can lead to serious personal, social and economic damage, to be the target for intimidation and threats for doxxing, swatting and identity theft.”
Military veterans are concerned about data access
Plaintiff Donald Martinez from Colorado served for the army in Iraq and now receives social security insurance and other government benefits. “Especially because of his earlier military service in a geographically sensitive area and involvement in high -level negotiations, as a result of which he received death threats from terrorists, plaintiff Martinez is concerned that unauthorized access and disclosure of his personal information in the federal government will make a compromise his personal Safety and security, “said the lawsuit.
Plaintiff Christopher Purdy by Georgia served in the national guard of the army and was deployed in Iraq and is currently leading a non -profit interest group. Purdy is “very worried that Musk and Doge can use their unauthorized access to his personal information to stop his VA invalidity payments, an important source of income in his household,” said the court case.
The Trump -executive order to set up Doge said that the goal was to modernize “federal technology and software to maximize efficiency and productivity.” It said that American agencies must give DOGE “complete and quick access to all non -classified desk records, software systems and IT systems.”
An incident this week can contribute to concerns about the understanding of Musk of government systems. On Monday he criticized a user on X because he stated that the US government is using SQL.
“This retarded thinks that the government uses SQL,” Musk wrote. The federal government is in fact a heavy user of SQL in multiple forms, including Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL Enterprise Edition for governments.
Musk's remark came in a discussion of another message in which Musk claimed without evidence that a lack of the duplication in the social security database “enormous fraud makes possible !!” Because “you can often have the same SSN.” The remark that Musk's reprimand deserved was: “Til Elon never used SQL.”
