The JFK files launched reveal social security numbers of former employees

The Social Security numbers and other personal details of at least two former employees of the Congress investigated the murder of President John F. Kennedy were revealed by the release of discouraged records of this week ordered by President Donald Trump.

Joseph Digenova, 80, and Christopher Pyle, 86, had their names, birth dates, birthdays and social security numbers unmasked in the document published by the national archives, which could put them at risk of identity and fraud.

The Washington Post spoke with the former employees and ABC News confirmed that the social security numbers of both men were in the recently published documents.

It is not clear how many other people whose social security numbers are in the documents and are also alive. The Washington Post reported that the data of more than 200 former employees of the congress and others were made public.

Of those, more than 80 people with birth dates between 1930 and 1952, placing them in their 70, 80 or 90 years, their social security numbers and birth dates were also published.

The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a statement on Thursday that at the request of the White House, “the National Archives and Social Security Administration immediately organized an action plan to help people actively whose personal information was published in the archives.”

A spokesman for the national archives said that the archives, the administration of records and the Social Security administration were working to protect the people who could be affected by their information. “Nara has begun the identification process and will contact people whose personal identification information is included in the records. However, those who believe that they can be affected should contact national archives,” said the spokesman.

The people who were published their social security numbers will receive new ones, a process that could take some time as the national archives find all possible victims. Meanwhile, the Social Security Administration will offer credit monitoring services.

Trump signed an executive order on January 23 directing the launch of all the remaining records related to the murder, saying that it was of “public interest” to do so.

The records were published on the National Archives website on Tuesday, joining the recently published records published in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2017-2018.

The initial launch of Tuesday contained 1,123 records that comprise 32,000 pages. A subsequent launch on Tuesday night contained 1,059 records that comprise 31,400 additional pages.

More than 60,000 pages related to the murder of 1963 were published. Many of the pages had been previously revealed, but with writings. Many have been eliminated, but not all, writings.

The records were published on the National Archives website in the owner “JFK Assassination Records – 2025 Documents Release”.