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 11 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 11 months ago

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

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 11 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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