catculation ( catculation@lemmy.zip ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoScary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark webwww.macworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1194file-text
arrow-up1194external-linkScary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark webwww.macworld.comcatculation ( catculation@lemmy.zip ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareiAmTheTot ( iAmTheTot@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up49·edit-23 years agoWhy exactly did a telecom company need SSNs anyway? Edited to add, this was a rhetorical question and more a comment on the awful series of systems in the USA that leads a SSN to be used by telecom companies.
minus-squareMelkath ( Melkath@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up29·3 years agoTo collaborate more effectively with the NSA and CIA.
minus-squarePossibly linux ( possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoAntifraud
minus-squarePossibly linux ( possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoIt could be worse, companies could be asking for phones and then treating them as a SSN. Oh wait…
Why exactly did a telecom company need SSNs anyway?
Edited to add, this was a rhetorical question and more a comment on the awful series of systems in the USA that leads a SSN to be used by telecom companies.
To collaborate more effectively with the NSA and CIA.
Antifraud
It could be worse, companies could be asking for phones and then treating them as a SSN. Oh wait…