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California reports massive data breach
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-10-19

The FBI is investigating the penetration of a university research system that housed sensitive personal data on a staggering 1.4 million Californians who participated in a state social program, officials said Tuesday.

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WIndows? Linux? Unix? (maybe Minux)? What OS? 2004-10-21
SeabH
How is this any different than your credit report (on any of the three credit bureaus - if you live in the USA).

The bigger issue here is privacy. To obtain personal information such as a SSN requires an acknowledgement (signature on a form) by the person.

That is much bigger than a bunch of ...

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