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Re: Stanford Hack Exposes 10,000


From: Mark Newton <newton () internode com au>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 09:49:06 +0930


On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 05:12:18PM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:59:17PM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
Yet another unfortunate disclosure...
http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163701121

I wonder when schools are going to get the hint and stop using SSN's as ID
numbers..

Around about whenever the US Federal Government gets the hint and
passes a bill which makes it illegal to use social security numbers
for any purpose other than the administration of social security.

  - mark

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