Florida's Broward County Gives Phishers A Gift, Posts Social Security Numbers

[mandy]

The Social Security numbers, driver's license information and bank account details belonging to potentially millions of current and former residents in Florida's Broward County are available to anyone on the Internet because sensitive information has not been redacted from public records being posted on the county’s Web site.

A county official said the information available on the Web is in full compliance with state statutes that require counties to post public documents on the Internet.

The information has been available on the Internet for several years and poses a serious risk of identity theft and fraud, said Bruce Hogman, a county resident who informed the Broward County Records Division of the problem about two weeks ago...

full article: http://www.computerworld.com/securitytop...89,00.html

[rose]

They really make it easy.  They have an export records feature.  Everything from '78-'06.  :

http://205.166.161.12/OncoreV2/

[regic]

They (local government sites) make it easy for burglars too,  There are several city/county property tax sites that show pictures and floor plans of homes.