Untested new software installed by DOGE employees crashing Social Security servers: report

[turbinetree]

By Tom Boggioni
Published April 7, 2025 8:53 AM ET

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Retirees and other beneficiaries of funds distributed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are having major problems accessing their online accounts since staffers from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have assumed control of the agency

According to a report from the Washington Post, access to accounts has been unavailable for hours extending into days after new software was installed, with a message popping up reading "Online Service Not Available" and ending there.

As the Post's Lisa Rein, Hannah Natanson and Elizabeth Dwoskin are reporting, "Even when the site is back online, many customers have not been able to sign in to their accounts — or have logged in only to find information missing. For others, access to the system has been slow, requiring repeated tries to get in."

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I just called my worthless congressman Andy Harris office at [phone] and told him this was unacceptable...........and this is going to be a problem who gave them permission to to do this it takes an act of congress to do this and it takes the Inspector Generals office to see if there is waste fraud ................

[dalton99a]

1. U.S. taxpayers are paying the parasite for this efficiency

[turbinetree]

3. I tried to go back into my account and it let me in.............

[Amaryllis]

9. SAme here. I just got in.

[Chalco]

18. Me, too.

[Tadpole Raisin]

2. Well the Felon in Chief fired the Inspector General

everywhere I think, so there’s that.

[turbinetree]

4. They should not be in there and the yes he fired them all................must have thought of that when he was playing

golf during the impeachment and saw how the system works and thought well if I get back into office since they basically let me off this is the first thing I can do to gum up the the whole works and he did............I will lay this at the maga senators feet and John Roberts and his court............

[Tadpole Raisin]

6. I thought the same thing you did. It was one of many early oh sh** moments! nt

[et tu]

22. we should be able

to sue extrme r's and leader and not the us government
taxpayers already paid!!!!!

[yellow dahlia]

36. There is now an "acting" IG at SS. She is the "counsel" for the IG's office,

because many roles in the organizational chart are vacant.

It is a debacle and nightmare on so many levels.

[Bluetus]

5. Not surprising. Tesla never tests anything, hardware or software

[Wicked Blue]

7. Deliberate sabotage, IMHO

[TheBlackAdder]

35. Probably all OpenSource freeware that is rife with vulnerabilities and access points injected by nation state actors.

All the lazy coders use OpenSource.

Sonotype said all OpenSource projects are infected with vulnerabilities. Spring is the most infected.

[yellow dahlia]

37. Yup. n/t

[Tickle]

8. I just logged in. Np NT

[Orange Buffoon]

10. Can't get in. The circle going 'round endlessly says "Processing. Please Wait."

[twodogsbarking]

11. He just wanted the information.

He just wanted the information.

[magicarpet]

30. Eloon, Thiel, and other techbros want the data info for their Artificial Inteligence,...

..... operations. Then they can build powerful algorithms that will be worth fortunes in the very near future.

This is why they want access to these governmental databases. It is a one stop shopping excursion that costs them little to get a hold off. But potential to make fortunes with the info at their disposal.

A reverse Robinhood tale if you would. Me,... me,.. mine,... FUCK YOU.

[twodogsbarking]

33. All that. Thanks.

[DownriverDem]

12. Not going there

I don't trust DOGE. I don't want them to know I tried to log in.

[chouchou]

13. "Bob, I don't understand..we installed Microsoft 3.0, until we get the more advanced software..Windows 95."

[Javaman]

14. that's a feature not a bug. nt

[New Breed Leader]

15. I have to login with LOGIN.gov now

I used to be able to bypass it. Now it won't let me.

[yellow dahlia]

38. Did it make you upload a picture of yourself?

I am trying to pay attention to all the conflicting info, and gather it for someone who cares...like maybe Sen. Warren. She started a Soc. Sec. war room.

I was told when I called the office, that I would NOT have to change my sign in method....could use the username and password I established a couple of years ago.

[IronLionZion]

16. So efficient like that. Lean and mean.

Remember Lutnick says if you call them with a problem to fix, then you're fraud.

When is public support going to turn against this BS?

[Martin68]

17. I predicted their reliance on untested AI software would prove disastrous. No software works first time around, and

they've unleashed untested, unproven prototypes on our entire government.

[mdbl]

19. Maybe they created a new app to replace the software

give it a break, these things take time, especially when you don't beta test anything. It's difficult to run a system that big from your cell phone.

[dflprincess]

20. What idiots install untested software?

I thought these DOGE bros were supposed to be geniuses. (Not that I believed that)

[the nelm]

21. The DOGE idiots apparently...

If I'd ever done such a thing during my IT career, that career would have ended very quickly.

[purr-rat beauty]

23. Nope, nothing criminal here

Espionage, Sabotage, Conspiracy, Abuse (from FWA), etc etc...

[In Honor of Toetie]

24. Try contacting your Senators ... they have more robust Constituant Services than Representatives

Turbinetree, I also responded to your earlier post today, so apologies for sharing here as well. Hoping this helps ~ Assuming you live in Maryland, forget Andy Harris. Instead, contact one of your Senators, Chris Van Hollen or Lisa Blunt Rochester, for help. You’ll have to fill out, sign, and return a release form. Of the two, Senator Van Hollen has the fastest, simplest, and easiest way to do this, so here’s his information: Chris Van Hollen https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/

To go directly to the form, use this link:
https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/EForm.aspx?__cid=SenVanHollen&__fid=100071

Check Social Security as your topic, type your personal information, your problem, and how you want the Senator to help. Something like, “I need assistance to access my social security account. When I try to sign in, all I get is an unexpected system error message.”
Good luck!

Not being able to access our social security accounts is a BIG problem ... The more people who contact their Senators, the better. Closer Republican to Democrat margins in the Senate. Calls are good. And so are Constituent Services requests for help restoring social security access, constituent by constituent. Let's help Senators feel the DOGE ~

[multigraincracker]

25. We need bumper stickers that say....

HANG DOGE, with a little picture of Mr. BigBalls on them.

[barbtries]

26. stupid ass motherfuckers.

I check my SS page nearly every day. So far it's been there. So far my checks have come on time. The anxiety alone is like a punishment for some crime I never committed.

[Nittersing]

27. Just signed into my account. just fyi. nt

[DBoon]

28. Why the fuck are they testing software in a production system?

In corporate america, that would get someone fired very quickly

[ultralite001]

29. Obviously Krasnov has never tried logging into the system himself...

'Cuz... well, you know...

The curses + the ketchup would be flying...

Besides, a billionaire such as he has no need of "social security"...

But the times...

They are a-changin'...

[madville]

31. Now people will rush to log in

To check their account and crash the servers even more, then keep trying and crash them again creates a vicious cycle for the IT folks

[Midnight Writer]

32. "Move fast and break shit" shall be the whole of the law.

DOGE is children playing games with people's lives.

[yellow dahlia]

39. Exactly!

[Hassler]

34. In good news (for me at least)

My April SSI deposit landed in my credit union account. Same as my Biden deposit in January.

[Ruby the Liberal]

40. Where are the fraud indictments?

Seriously. If they have discovered $Trillions in "fraud", why has no one been charged?