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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 23 hours ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

Yeah my first thought too was this is just a way to introduce voter id under the pretext of national security. It will create chaos, give plausible deniability for throwing out votes, sow doubt and fear, and prevent poor people from registering to vote. Business as usual, in other words.