Social Security Admin Denies Db Data Leak, Doges Questions About a Copy
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The Social Security Administration denies a data leak, but a whistleblower raises questions about a potential copy of the Numident database, sparking skepticism among commenters.
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Wouldn't "any of its data" qualify as an answer to the question: "was the data in the database leaked"? It seems like SAA did answer, but we needed to generate clicks.