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Elizabeth Warren Demands Probe Into Alleged Student Loan Data Breach Amid Push To Dismantle Education Department
- On June 8, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren led a group of Democratic senators in urging an independent inquiry into DOGE's purported involvement with confidential student loan information held by the U.S. Department of Education.
- This demand follows reports that a DOGE employee received read-only access to two FSA systems holding personal data on over 40 million borrowers with $1.6 trillion in loans, raising privacy and security concerns.
- The Education Department confirmed revoking the employee’s access but declined to explain other access privileges or data protection measures, citing ongoing litigation and failing to clarify DOGE's full role at ED.
- Warren and colleagues stressed this situation could “break a longstanding covenant” based on privacy laws and labeled the lack of clarity about DOGE’s influence as “frustrating for borrowers” and “dangerous for the future of an agency.”
- The investigation reflects broader concerns over administration efforts to dismantle ED and consolidate federal data, which could disrupt student loan management and federal aid, prompting legislative efforts such as the Protecting Seniors’ Data Act of 2025.
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Mass. Sen. Warren: DOGE accessed ‘sensitive’ student loan data at Education Dept., calls for probe
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she wants to know how the quasi-governmental Department of Government Efficiency gained access to “sensitive” student loan information at the U.S. Department of Education.
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Warren urges Department of Education IG to investigate DOGE access to student loan data
Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges Department of Education inspector general to probe DOGE's access to student loan data ahead of first meeting with Secretary Linda McMahon.
Warren urges Department of Education IG to investigate DOGE access to
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Student Borrower Protection Center, (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is requesting the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General review the Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged “infiltration” of the agency’s internal federal student loan database. “The full extent of DOGE’s role and influence at ED remains unknown,” Warren wrote in a letter first obtained by ABC News. “This lack …
Massachusetts Sen. Warren Demands Answers After Education Dept. Data Accessed By DOGE Employee
A coalition of senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), is demanding an independent investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after revelations that a DOGE employee gained “read-only access” to two internal systems of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Federal Student Aid (FSA) — systems that contain sensitive personal information for millions […] Massachusetts Sen. Warren Demands Answers After Education …
Elizabeth Warren Demands Probe Into Alleged Student Loan Data Breach Amid Push To Dismantle Education Department
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for an independent investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency's alleged access to sensitive student loan data, raising questions about privacy and security of federal education systems managing trillions in student debt.
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