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Because group numbers were allocated in a regular pattern, it was possible to identify an unissued SSN that contained an invalid group number. Now numbers are assigned randomly, and fraudulent SSNs are not easily detectable with publicly available information. Many online services, however, provide SSN validation.
In one of the most recent data breaches, hackers infiltrated National Public Data’s (NPD) databases and stole 2.9 billion records, including names, addresses, SSNs and familial data.
Because Social Security Numbers (SSNs) have become useful in identity theft and other forms of crime, various schemes have been perpetrated to acquire valid SSNs and related identity information. In February 2006, the Social Security Administration (SSA) received several reports of an email message being circulated addressed to "Dear Social ...
T-Mobile announced in August that the names, Social Security numbers and other personal information of about 50 million people who did business with the cell phone carrier had been compromised in a...
“The fact of the matter is that, unlike credit card accounts, stolen SSNs can’t be closed so your only course of action is to report the incident to the IRS.
Due to the increased usage of electronic devices in general and the increased storage of private information on these electronic devices, the need for data sanitization has been much more urgent in recent years. [25] There are also specific methods of sanitization that do not fully clean devices of private data which can prove to be problematic.
DOGE agents have "read-only" access to Social Security records, which means "DOGE personnel CANNOT make changes to agency systems, benefit payments, or other information," said Lee Dudek, acting ...
SSNDOB was an online marketplace that sold stolen Social Security numbers, birth dates and other personal information of U.S. citizens starting in 2012 until it was shut down in June 2022 following a U.S. government seizure. [1] [2] It used the domain names ssndob.ws, ssndob.vip, ssndob.club, and blackjob.biz. [3]