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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned. [View all]
Mike Masnick
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired.
Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
· 1h
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired.
Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
· 1h
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired.
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) 2025-08-29T19:58:03.065Z
Marisa Kabas
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) 2025-08-29T19:25:57.766Z
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Marisa Kabas
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An SSA source tells me chief data officer Charles Borges sent out his involuntary resignation email to select offices within the agency a short while ago, but then a few minutes later the email disappeared from the inboxes of those who received it with no explanation.
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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An SSA source tells me chief data officer Charles Borges sent out his involuntary resignation email to select offices within the agency a short while ago, but then a few minutes later the email disappeared from the inboxes of those who received it with no explanation.
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
An SSA source tells me chief data officer Charles Borges sent out his involuntary resignation email to select offices within the agency a short while ago, but then a few minutes later the email disappeared from the inboxes of those who received it with no explanation.
— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) 2025-08-29T19:33:57.607Z
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