When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today.

The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.

Elon Musk and his cyber bros from the Department of Government Efficiency are rooting around in various government agencies. Maybe when they went after the IRS, that got your attention. But take notice because now they’re knocking at the door of the Social Security Administration.

Many readers have been emailing me asking for my help in understanding the allegations made by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency about sloppy recordkeeping at the Social Security Administration.