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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

Friday March 28, 2025. 03:07 PM , from Wired: Tech.
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
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https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

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