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100,000 More Social Security Numbers Exposed

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Uh oh... by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, I hope Jon Stewart's wasn't in there!

    Oh wait...

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    1. Re:Uh oh... by kill-hup · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll bet Ted Hitler was watching and knows what it is ;)

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  2. But will this matter... by popo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...if President W does away with Social Security?

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  3. Finally by Monkelectric · · Score: 5, Funny

    An upside to being unemployed.

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  4. Hell, I already knew all that. info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    just by going thru your trashcan. By the way, you really should ask for a raise.

    Rocky Raccoon.

    p.s., please stop dumping the bathroom trash can in with the kitchen's. Thanks.

  5. 100,001 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    324-12-1125

  6. Social insecurity by nahnkari · · Score: 1, Funny

    Looks like social security is really in trouble. Lets rename SSN to Social Insecurity Number (SIN).

  7. We all need to get phycially marked with a number! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    (just to freak out the Christians of course)

  8. Yeah, but by oliana · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you get any of the names and numbers? Where do I buy them??

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  9. Re:Credit report monitoring by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    IIS 4.0 ???

    That is criminal negligence. Depraved indifference, and the like.

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  10. Re:First off, by AK+Marc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course while Bush speaks of "privatization" he means NOTHING of the sort. My take is the government will put out a list of "acceptable" companies and or mutual funds to invest in.

    I bet Enron is on the list.

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  11. Re:Credit report monitoring by Washizu · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's simple......you......should.....NOT......be.....al lowed.....to......keep.......records on vast numbers of human beings with lives and financial histories to protect.

    I'm sorry, your dramatic punctuation license has been revoked for abuse.

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  12. Re:As this becomes commonplace... by C10H14N2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of my banks has a very tried-and-true method of authenticating me:

    They provide me with a series of indexed one-way hashes that I must successfully append to a random password (basically, S-KEY). These are physically exchanged through registered courier under separate cover to each other and all other identifying information on the account and updated either on expiration or the merest hint of compromise.

    Why the hell ALL banks don't do this is a mystery to me.

  13. who cares, here's mine by FFON · · Score: 1, Funny

    573-06-6811

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