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ORNL data theft and me

Sunday, December 09, 2007 10:49 PM
Earlier this week, it was reported that hackers had compromised a database inside Oak Ridge National Laboratory; this database contained personal data on all visitors to ORNL from 1990 through 2004. The names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers,
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Huge data theft in Ohio

Saturday, June 16, 2007 11:04 PM
Anybody who works for Ohio or who receives benefits in Ohio is at risk of identity theft : The names and Social Security numbers of all 64,000 Ohio state employees were stolen last weekend from a state agency intern who left a backup data storage device
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Tennessee smacks down REAL ID

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:35 PM
Yesterday, the Tennessee state House and Senate voted unanimously to ignore the REAL ID Act . This makes Tennessee the 16th state to do so. If it were implemented, the REAL ID Act would force the states to issue what amounts to a national ID card . The
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Growing opposition to the Real ID Act

Friday, June 01, 2007 10:35 PM
States are refusing to comply with the Real ID Act, two Senate resolutions seek to repeal it, liberal and conservative groups are pronouncing it a failure, and James " Tex " Sensenbrenner is spitting nails in frustration, angry that his totalitarian proclivities
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Real ID Act being reconsidered

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:58 PM
Finally. The Senate Judiciary Committee started hearings yesterday examining the implications of the Real ID Act, which would turn state drivers' licenses into de facto national ID cards. If committee chairman Patrick Leahy has his way, this ridiculous
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Astroglide sticks it to their customers

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:38 PM
In another stunningly stupid security lapse, the company that makes the sexual lubricant Astroglide has accidentally exposed the privates of 260,000 people, including their names, addresses, and the products they ordered. This database was accidentally
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Insecure USDA database leaks up to 150,000 SSNs

Sunday, April 22, 2007 2:31 PM
Apparently, an online database maintained by the USDA and the Census Bureau accidentally revealed as many as 150,000 Social Security numbers to anyone searching the site. A bored farmer decided to Google herself and stumbled upon 30,000 SSNs in the process.
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