What about when the thief realizes that he has the addresses and ranks of almost every active member in the US military. Someone without any ethical standards would call up Al-Quaeda and say "Hey look, you want to knock of the families of every colonel and lieutenant in the nation? Here... it's yours for 20 million dollars."
In my opinion, this is the biggest concern. Along with the people that are saying this is the best thing that's ever happened, claiming it demonstrates some hole in the government. I can't make any sense of that. I know the government gets a lot of things wrong, but it also gets a lot of things right, and thinking it's a good thing that 27 million people are now at risk of having their identities stolen or worse is messed up. That idea is just stupid.
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What about when the thief realizes that he has the addresses and ranks of almost every active member in the US military. Someone without any ethical standards would call up Al-Quaeda and say "Hey look, you want to knock of the families of every colonel and lieutenant in the nation? Here... it's yours for 20 million dollars." In my opinion, this is the biggest concern. Along with the people that are saying this is the best thing that's ever happened, claiming it demonstrates some hole in the government. I can't make any sense of that. I know the government gets a lot of things wrong, but it also gets a lot of things right, and thinking it's a good thing that 27 million people are now at risk of having their identities stolen or worse is messed up. That idea is just stupid.