U.S. agency admits massive data breach

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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/10/14/US-agency-admits-massive-data-breach/UPI-68761318609840/

U.S. agency admits massive data breach
Published: Oct. 14, 2011 at 12:30 PM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. government failed to tell nearly 
32,000 people their Social Security numbers were inadvertently published 
in an electronic database, documents show.

Scripps Howard News Service said it found 31,931 living Americans in a 
review of three copies of the Social Security Administration's Death 
Master File, available for purchase on the Internet. The database contains 
names, Social Security numbers and birth dates.

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