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158 Million Records Exposed (And Counting)

Lucas123 writes "According to the The Privacy Rights Clearing House 158 million records have been exposed over the past two years as a result of inadequate security. Data's less secure today because as fast as banks, merchants and consumers add new layers of security to their storage systems and networks, new technologies — or simply careless users — create new security holes, according to Bob Scheier at Computerworld."

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  1. I am getting spam to my gmail account by crovira · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and NOBODY knows about the account because I have NEVER used it to send mail to ANYONE not referred to it in any other email or web communication.

    This is REALLY sad.

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