100,000 More Social Security Numbers Exposed

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 25, 2005 @09:24AM from the that-why-we-use-these-password-things dept.

ThinkComp writes "PayMaxx, Inc. is a web-based payroll processing company, and they recently notified me that my on-line form W-2 was available. And so it was, along with the W-2 (including SSN and salary data) of every other one-time PayMaxx customer dating back at least five years, possibly 100,000 in all. Through news.com, PayMaxx reports, 'PayMaxx has made and continues to make every effort to secure its system against any breach,' which is why part of their site has been down now for several days."

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Re:Use of SSN fundamentally flawed. by iminplaya · 2005-02-25 10:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

...is the fault of the government...

There you all go AGAIN! Trying to blame someone else. I got news for you. YOU made this government what it is today. Yeah, YOU! YOU gave up the power! So quit your bellyachin'! If you continue to believe in your system, then you know that this is YOUR gornment. So fix it, dammit! God! All of you need to whacked on the head with a fire extinguisher!

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