Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. How to protect yourself (www.latimes.com)

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[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

Thank you Americans for providing yet another great example to point to, when arguing that holding private data centrally will inevitably lead to it being stolen.

[-] DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 3 months ago

If a vulnerability in a system exists, then eventually someone WILL try to exploit it.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

wut. If no vulnerability exists, then someone will try to exploit it.

And a vulnerability exists. It just hasn't been discovered yet.

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