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(update) Fed Breach Leaks Social Security Numbers
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:40:18 +0000 (UTC)
(Original numbers reported almost 30,000, now 150,000. Updated) http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/20/ap3637323.html The Social Security numbers of up to 150,000 people who received Agriculture Department grants have been posted on a government Web site since 1996, but they were taken down last week. Free credit monitoring is being offered to those affected. The security breach was only noticed last week and promptly closed, the Agriculture Department and Census Bureau announced Friday. The Agriculture data that included Social Security numbers were removed from the Web on April 13 and similar data from 32 other agencies were taken down April 17 as a precaution, said Agriculture spokeswoman Terri Teuber. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 207 million compromised records in 630 incidents over 7 years.
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