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All US 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 21 hours ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 38 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe we stop using it as an identifier as it was never supposed to be?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 13 points 19 hours ago

Frankly suspect this was planned so people would panic-welcome a more draconian national identity system that makes them even easier to track and control.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

Check the article first. It's not just SSNs that potentially got compromised.