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All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat (www.ecoticias.com)

submitted 1 month ago by KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca to c/FuckTheUSA@lemmy.ca

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Borges alleges that a little-known federal tech team called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, copied the government’s master Social Security database into a cloud system that lacked normal oversight.

If his account is correct, the mishandling of this information could expose hundreds of millions of people to fraud and abuse for the rest of their lives.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope what changes is that they become useless as a secret number, and become only useful as identifying numbers.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I'm of the opinion that national ID numbers, finger prints, face recognition should be treated as a username, not like a password key for things.