Who Wants To Be An Oregonian?

Posted by chrisd on Tuesday November 27, 2001 @07:18PM from the trust-us-we're-with-the-government dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "TheOregonian.com is reporting that an identity theft ring was caught with ownership of a set of CD's which contained records on every registered driver (~2.5 million people) in the State of Oregon. With all the calls for identity smart cards, federal databases, and better connections among existing state databases, this story should provide a real warning for the abuse such systems invite...by both criminals and the government itself...the records are actually for sale to 'approved' companies like news organizations and banks. The full story can be read here on yahoo as well."

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Oregonian? by Newt-dog · 2001-11-27 19:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Well I bet that at least half of those names are Californians that have P.O. boxes in Oregon just to get their cars registered cheap!

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Seven words by cascino · 2001-11-27 20:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Seven words I just couldn't resist:
All your plates are belong to us.
Re:Oregon Openness? by imrdkl · 2001-11-27 22:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Seems I spoke too soon again.