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UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, security breach, Social Security, university, personal information, staff, database, student, security

Start-up launches identity-theft search service

January 24, 2007 Service lets people check if their data is being traded online by criminals, but critics say it could be a boon for the same crooks. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, criminal, identity theft, fraud, Sunbelt Software, credit card, search technology, database, CEO, start-up

Congress may slap restrictions on SSN use

May 11, 2006 Identity fraud concerns spur promises of new laws restricting some commercial uses of Social Security numbers. TAGS: identity fraud, social security number, Social Security, HIPAA, restriction, politician, Republican, database

Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDA

June 22, 2006 Agriculture Dept. tells 26,000 employees, contractors that their names, Social Security numbers, photos may be at risk. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, agency, contractor, personal information, hacker, hacking, monitoring, database, photograph

Police blotter: Texas student guilty in SSN hack

February 2, 2007 Former UT computer science student appeals conviction for writing program to guess Social Security numbers. TAGS: restitution, Police Blotter, Computer Fraud, Java program, conviction, social security number, computer science, student, Texas, Social Security, Java, password, database

Class action suit over ID theft tossed out

October 12, 2006 Acxiom, a data warehouser, had its databases looted at least twice. But judge throws out an ID-theft class action suit. TAGS: Acxiom Corp., class action, identity fraud, class action lawsuit, identity theft, social security number, Social Security, Adobe PDF, attorney, database, security, password, server

Online attack puts 1.4 million records at risk

October 21, 2004 Time to call the credit bureaus? Almost 1.4 million records containing the personal information of Californians likely stolen. TAGS: bureau, decision support system, researcher, personal information, social security number, state, record, Social Security, survey, database, security

Has the FBI ever heard of Google?

September 13, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Uncle Sam's dubious claims for exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act don't wash in the Internet era. TAGS: appellate court, exemption, Social Security, speakers, tape, social security number, privacy, agency, Google Inc., database
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