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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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Cryptography Ignored? 2004-10-27
Anonymous
Why bother hacking the systems technically at a credit bureau when you can socially obtain the information or have false information put into their systems with much less effort.

Would it be a nusance if some "kid" (i.e. non-organized criminal) hacked into a bureau and obtained a huge # of cred...

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