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All US Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat (www.ecoticias.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Clickbait headline.

SSNs have been understood to not be a reliable “secret” for years and were never intended to be one.

The solution has always been to quite treating them that way, not to repeat the same mistake of creating yet another database full of new SSNs which would also be quickly compromised.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    I don't think this remotely qualifies as a clickbait headline. The exact claim, word for word, is made by a sufficiently credible expert that they're citing in the article.

    I'm not saying you can't disagree with the expert. By all means, make your case. But don't call it clickbait. This is absolutely valid reporting. Your disagreement is with the person they're reporting on, not the people doing the reporting.

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