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All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat (www.ecoticias.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Cnote5@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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According to a protected disclosure filed with the Office of Special Counsel, Borges told the Government Accountability Project that DOGE officials working at Social Security created a “live copy” of the country’s Social Security records in a separate cloud environment that sidestepped usual security checks.

The group says those lapses put the Social Security information of more than 300 million Americans at risk.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 219 points 1 week ago (4 children)

All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed

Yeah, sure, and winged monkeys may fly out of my ass. But I doubt it'll happen.

[–] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 62 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, honestly they have needed to be changed for years now, what with all the data breaches and stuff.. Pretty sure everyone’s info was leaked ages ago. Nothing has been done because this is how the people in charge want it.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 32 points 1 week ago

We're the unwashed masses. Changing our social security numbers would mean considering us people worth more than a means of exploitation, and the ruling class couldn't possibly burden themselves with the mere thought.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, thanks for that Equifax.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

they dont want to spend the effor to do it unfortunately

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

For sure. They were fine invalidating mine and everybody else's Puerto Rican birth certificate but they'll never put this sort of administrative burden in action.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It would have happened after Experian if it was ever possible for it to happen.

EDIT: I was thinking of Equifax but Experian is not clean either

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 1 week ago

it was equifax, and it was quickly swept under the rug, conveniently around the time trumps 1st tax cuts occured.

[–] tubthumper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait, Experian or Equifax?

Cripes, did I miss another one?

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Oh you’re right. You didn’t miss another one, I lost another brain cell.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It was both within the last 5 years, and transunion recently. They all gave free monitoring for those affected.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Jim Carrey’s got you covered. https://youtu.be/_yRJOX1fppQ