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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 day ago by KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca to c/FuckTheUSA@lemmy.ca

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Borges alleges that a little-known federal tech team called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, copied the government’s master Social Security database into a cloud system that lacked normal oversight.

If his account is correct, the mishandling of this information could expose hundreds of millions of people to fraud and abuse for the rest of their lives.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 19 hours ago

Personally, I think that bank account numbers will have to be changed, and social security completely revamped. The odds of the Trump Regime just withdrawing money from anyone they don't like is far higher than it should be, and SS# weren't designed to be secured, even before the breach.

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