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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fine! by charon_1 · 2005-02-25 09:31 · Score: 0, Redundant

These guys should be fined to Hell for that. If the government lets this go without any punishment, it will just keep happening.
Re:Sophisticated and determined??? by Quixote · 2005-02-25 09:53 · Score: 0, Redundant

Reminds me of that person who used rot-13 encryption twice, to double its effectiveness!
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