Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Personal Info of 3.5 Million Texans Was Publicly Accessible

Posted by Soulskill on from the even-data-breaches-are-bigger-in-texas dept.

SpaceGhost writes "The Houston Chronicle reports, 'Personal information of about 3.5 million Texans — including names, mailing addresses and Social Security numbers — was posted on a publicly accessible server at the state comptroller's office, much of it for more than a year.' Many of the records were for retired teachers and the unemployed, and they sometimes included DOB and drivers license numbers."

3 of 146 comments (clear)

  1. unemployed by Aighearach · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fortunately the unemployed are less desirable than average for identity theft, so that will limit the losses a little bit.

  2. So? by pclminion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Names and addresses I can get from a phone book. SSNs are "not to be used for identification purposes." Thus, BFD.

    Place blame squarely where it belongs: lending providers and others who use the SSN as some sort of magic key to an individual's identity. All it takes is a simple law and this shit could stop next week.

  3. duck and cover by bakamorgan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Better duck and cover. Typical person from Texas shoot first then ask questions later.