WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee, released the following statement on reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge/) that the Social Security Administration's (SSA) inspector general's office is investigating the Trump administration's alleged mishandling of Social Security worker and retiree data:

"Tens of millions of Americans provide their information to the Social Security Administration with the expectation that their data will be kept safe and confidential. The unauthorized use of Social Security data is a breach of this inherent trust and a v...