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Mississippi - Identity details found on state site
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:56:37 -0400 (EDT)
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060716/NEWS/607160386/1001 By Joshua Cogswell July 16, 2006 Until Friday morning, the secretary of state's Web site was a potential gold mine for would-be identity thieves. More than 2 million documents - thousands containing individuals' Social Security numbers - called Uniform Commercial Code filings had been available for public perusal. But after calls from concerned residents, privacy advocates and The Clarion-Ledger, the secretary of state's office on Friday disabled links to the documents. UCC filings are necessary when a person puts up collateral to secure a loan. The information was put online to make it easier for lenders to access the information. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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