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Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web

www.macworld.com

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 catculation   ( @catculation@lemmy.zip )  Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
 
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Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web

www.macworld.com

 catculation   ( @catculation@lemmy.zip )  Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
 

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Data breach occurred two weeks ago.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13810367

  •  M. Orange   ( @miracleorange@beehaw.org ) 
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    Basically. It wasn’t meant to act as an identification, but people kept using it that way (probably because every citizen gets one at birth, so it’s the easiest proof of citizenship).

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