3.2 million Social Security records listing individuals as aged 120 or older have been marked as deceased by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. These updates are part of a data cleanup to avert errors in benefit distribution. The SSA confirmed most errors were due to overpayments to living individuals, with software issues contributing to inaccuracies.
‘Cleaning up the dead people database’: Elon Musk as DOGE deletes Social Security records
