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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. Alternate link by caryw · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a more in-depth article about this at the Boston Globe.
    First ChoicePoint now this? How long until a major government database like one from the IRS gets hacked and information on almost every US citizen is available? Scary thought.
    - Cary
    --Fairfax Underground: Where Fairfax County comes out to play

  2. Re:Define "breach" by Ironsides · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, since their security consisted of "So long as no one increments their unique number we assigned them by 1 in the browser location bar", I'd say that they were pretty much dumb idiots. Sloppy doesn't begin to cover this.

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  3. Re:Free credit reports... by borawjm · · Score: 3, Informative

    I believe they are doing it in phases.

    From ftc.gov...
    Free reports will be phased in during a nine-month period, rolling from the West Coast to the East beginning December 1, 2004. Beginning September 1, 2005, free reports will be accessible to all Americans, regardless of where they live.

    Consumers in the Western states -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming -- can order their free reports beginning December 1, 2004.

    Consumers in the Midwestern states -- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin -- can order their free reports beginning March 1, 2005.

    Consumers in the Southern states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas -- can order their free reports beginning June 1, 2005.

    Consumers in the Eastern states -- Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia -- the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and all U.S. territories can order their free reports beginning September 1, 2005