{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-peters-raises-concern-over-national-security-threats-posed-by-doge-handling-of-sensitive-data", "VIDEO: Peters Raises Concern Over National Security Threats Posed by DOGE Handling of Sensitive Data", "2025-10-08", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Gary C. Peters", "P000595", "www.peters.senate.gov", "garypeters", "https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 During a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) expressed concern over the serious national security threats posed by the Trump Administration\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has put Americans\u2019 sensitive data at risk. During the hearing, Peters highlighted a report he recently released as Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee revealing DOGE\u2019s unchecked access to Americans\u2019 personal information, including data from military personnel and their families. The report includes whistleblower accounts detailing DOGE\u2019s efforts to copy sensitive Social Security data onto a cloud database operating without any verified security controls, likely a serious violation of cybersecurity and privacy laws that puts the information at risk of being stolen by cybercriminals. According to the whistleblower, the fallout could require re-issuing Social Security numbers for every American \u2013 a process that would disrupt access to banking, employment, health care, and housing.\n\n\u201cThis database includes the most sensitive information, as you know, of not only all Americans, but all the military members, national security personnel, as well as their family members. In fact, the Social Security Administration\u2019s own risk assessment warned that there is a 65 percent risk of a catastrophic breach of this sensitive Social Security information,\u201d Peters said during the hearing.\n\nTo watch the full video of Senator Peters\u2019 questioning, click here.\n\nSince DOGE\u2019s inception, Peters has raised concerns over its access to government systems and databases. In March, he pressed 24 federal agencies for answers on how DOGE and DOGE-affiliated individuals, many of whom do not possess security clearances, have accessed and used data in federal information technology systems. Peters also sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an audit of DOGE\u2019s activities, focusing on whether they are complying with established privacy and cybersecurity laws for federal agency data and systems.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-peters-raises-concern-over-national-security-threats-posed-by-doge-handling-of-sensitive-data"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.160267438739538, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}