Personal Info of 3.5 Million Texans Was Publicly Accessible 146
SpaceGhost writes "The Houston Chronicle reports, 'Personal information of about 3.5 million Texans — including names, mailing addresses and Social Security numbers — was posted on a publicly accessible server at the state comptroller's office, much of it for more than a year.' Many of the records were for retired teachers and the unemployed, and they sometimes included DOB and drivers license numbers."
unemployed (Score:3, Funny)
Fortunately the unemployed are less desirable than average for identity theft, so that will limit the losses a little bit.
So? (Score:4, Funny)
Names and addresses I can get from a phone book. SSNs are "not to be used for identification purposes." Thus, BFD.
Place blame squarely where it belongs: lending providers and others who use the SSN as some sort of magic key to an individual's identity. All it takes is a simple law and this shit could stop next week.
duck and cover (Score:1, Funny)