More Private Data Is Burgled From Government Than Hacked

Posted by zanek on Jun 21, 2006 6:07 AM EDT
Email Battles; By BJ Gillette
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Published data reveals that, when identity thieves want Social Security numbers, they head for the fountainhead: Government. No other entity is as efficient at losing SSNs. The preferred method of acquisition? Unattended laptops. When that fails, crooks fall back to tapes, printouts, web postings, inside theft and other tricks wholly dependent on bureaucratic incompetence. After all, cracking networks from the outside can be tricky.

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