Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the ...

There's an old saying that goes something like this: if you don't know why the fence is there, don't take down the fence, no ...

Yes, Social Security Administration systems that rely on COBOL need to be updated. No, Elon, it can't be done quickly.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) embarks on an ambitious plan to overhaul the Social Security Administration's ...

Everything from the code that issues Social Security numbers to the payment schedules are written in COBOL, which was created ...

Modernizing the SSA’s technical infrastructure is not a novel idea – and such modernizations have a poor track record.

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE ... runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than 65 million people in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits.

Wired reports that one of DOGE’s many government initiatives is an attempt to rewrite the Social Security Administration ...

The latest move by President Trump's oligarch buddy is to totally rewrite the code for Social Security Payments, consequences ...

open image in gallery A former civil servant with the Social Security Administration warned that ‘chaos’ of Elon Musk’s DOGE takeover risks data ‘leaking into the wrong hands’ (Getty ...

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security ...