50 million Americans have had their personal information compromised this year

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50 million Americans have had their personal information compromised this year

09-25-2005, 04:50 PM,

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50 million Americans have had their personal information compromised this year

Quote:Over 50 million Americans have had their personal information compromised since February... the personal information compromised includes data elements useful to identity thieves, such as Social Security numbers, account numbers, and driver's license numbers.

long list of data breaches since February: http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm

The CardSystems hacking in June exposed data of 40 million people

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