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Fraudsters expose 100,000 across US

posted by:Todd Mandel // 11:53 AM // February 16, 2005 // Surveillance and social sorting

During October, 2004 fraudsters accessed confidential records of thousands of Americans including possibly credit cards, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive information. Affected individuals were only notified months after the fraud occurred, and have no way of knowing whether their information has been used or who still has access to it.

Click here for the The Register article.

Click here for the MSNBC article.

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