Social Security conducting 'major' records cleanup, marking 7M listed age 120+ as deceased

Social Security has spent weeks clearing out bad data from its records, sifting out millions of cases where Social Security number holders were over the age of 120.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the ongoing records cleanup on social media, saying the process has taken weeks.

"For the past 3 weeks, Social Security has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 7 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased.