newsobserver.com — Less than two years into the great cultural awakening to the vulnerability of personal data, companies and institutions -- such as the data broker ChoicePoint, CardSystems Solutions, Time Warner and dozens of colleges and universities across the land -- have collectively fumbled 93,754,333 private records.
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Closed AccountOct 2, 2006
Its not the hackers, as mambo says its the jerks who have allowed these breaches to occur.As for the chopping off of hands thing, well. Sure, shopping off their hands make them unable to hack very easily in the future, however chopping off their heads stops them even thinking about hacking in the future, and so is the logical choice.Anyone got an industrial class bandsaw they aren't using??
atbnetOct 2, 2006
This is the first year my university prohibited professors from having us put our SSN on exams. About time they learned! Why do they need my SSN number anyhow? That always amazed me that they needed that for everything. They even asked me for it when I picked up my season football tickets after GIVING THEM MY STUDENT ID!Didn't make it any better that my one professor last year printed out a grade sheet with everyone's SSN on it by accident and just left it in the printer tray...That number doesn't surprise me seeing how careless people are with such critical information.
neozeedOct 2, 2006
When you think about people that work, isnt 93Million like everyone? Hurray nothing is personal. The NSA listens to my calls, AT&T reads my email, the Bank hands my records over the the criminals, and I cant remember a phone number.I love this new age! Lets go with RFID information so I can readably beam all my information to people!
Closed AccountOct 2, 2006
huh? you think they these things on access databases?
gd007Oct 2, 2006
one good aspect - this will kill hacking as profession.
kenwestinOct 2, 2006
Duplicate...5 days ago but no digg love:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/security/U_S_Data_Breach_Tally_Approaches_100_Million">http://digg.com/security/U_S_Data_Breach_Tally_Approaches_100_Million</a>
vsujohn2Oct 2, 2006
Doesnt this seem to happen every week?I mean by now everything about everyone should have been on some laptop that was stolen or some kind of info just goes missing, or hackers get access to it. And whats even more suprising is that each time im less suprised. 94 million....meh..
n00chOct 15, 2006
@s**tthisfookNo kidding. Incredible how a good portion of these leaks involved _physical media_ leaving the office. Why is all of this private info not simply mandatorily *server-side only*? f**kin tech illiterate execs taking my s**t out in the open like this? Come on...Every bit of that information should only be accessible to work on outside of the office through SSL, encrypted transmissions between computer/server. No more 'oh it's locked in my car,' or other nonsense. I want to see some fines by the BBB or FTC in response to this gross incompetence. Where are the penalties (incentives) to address this crap?