Database Lists 12 Million People Older Than 120 as Eligible for Social Security: Musk

The database reportedly includes millions of supercentenarians and outnumbers the current U.S. population.

A Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury in Washington on Oct. 14, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

More than 12 million people in the Social Security Administration (SSA) database of eligible benefits recipients are listed as being older than 120, according to data shared by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, discovered the data while reviewing SSA records for potential waste or fraud.