Elon Musk causes the resignation of the SSA leader in the United States when trying to access the agency's data

The actions carried out by South African entrepreneur Elon Musk, at the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, for its acronym in English), have begun to generate friction and rejections by various government officials in the North American country. 

On this occasion, it was the head of the Social Security Administration (SSA, by its acronym in English), Michelle King, who decided to resign from the position of this agency after Musk and his team tried to access the personal data of millions of beneficiaries from this agency. 

According to what was revealed by the media The New York Times, King's departure signifies the most recent abrupt exit of a high-ranking official following the actions undertaken by the owner of Tesla to eradicate fraud and waste through his agency. 

What does this resignation mean for SSA operations? 

Prior to King's resignation, it was the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who mentioned that despite not enacting cuts to SSA benefits, he did confirm that he would be willing to take actions to control "waste" and other improper expenses. 

Through an audit conducted by the SSA's inspector general, where figures from 2015 to 2022 were revealed regarding "excessive" payments to beneficiaries, it prompted Musk to seek access to an internal data repository with extensive information of millions of people. 

However, and according to the president of Social Security Works, Nancy Altman, there is a high "risk" regarding Musk and his team's access to this type of data. 

"The SSA has complete medical records of people who have applied for disability benefits. It has our banking information, our income records, the names and ages of our children, and much more,” Altman declared.

Elon Musk's controversies at the head of DOGE 

This is not the first occasion in which the owner of SpaceX has tried to access the base of other agencies. In previous months, and since the beginning of its operations last January, it has sought access to sensitive data within the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (SSI by its acronym in English). 

The above has not prevented Musk from making certain decisions regarding the goal of his agency. In recent weeks, it was revealed that the South African fired more than 300 people from the Department of Energy (DOE, by its acronym in English), without investigating their function, who were working on various tasks in the department's nuclear area. 

This caused the employees to be rehired due to the direct impact caused by their departure in a plant in Texas, evidencing the actions of Musk and his team and their erroneous behavior. 

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence