If you rely on Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid, it's time to panic. If you care about your personal data, it's also time to panic.

Billionaire Elon Musk has said there is widespread fraud taking place in the payment of "federal entitlements" like Social Security. Social Security benefits are paid to more than 70 million Americans on a monthly basis, and help form the bedrock of income for many retirees, survivors of deceased claimants and disabled people.