Judge blocks DOGE from accessing Social Security systems containing sensitive data

A federal judge in Maryland issued a court order Thursday blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration systems as DOGE attempts to investigate the agency for waste and fraud.

DOGE’s concerns about inefficiencies and corruption in the sprawling entitlement program hold no basis that warrants access to sensitive databases, U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander wrote in a decision that directs Musk’s initiative to destroy SSA data it has obtained.