‘Largest data breach in US history’: Three more lawsuits try to stop DOGE
The US DOGE Service’s access to the private data of ordinary Americans and federal employees is being challenged in several lawsuits filed this week.
Three new complaints seek court orders that would stop the data access and require the deletion of unlawfully accessed data. Two of the complaints also seek financial damages for individuals whose data was accessed.
The US DOGE Service, Elon Musk, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell were named as defendants in one suit filed yesterday in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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