Return to Article: Another federal breach exposes employee records
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I guess rds and the wise old owl never use credit cards. Because they do not use the cards they should have no fears if they have no cards. However, those who do have credit cards subject themselves to identity theft every time they use the card! In D.C. (and other places over time) waiter in restaurants stole the card numbers, expiration dates, security codes and names from credit card users every time a meal was charged. This is better identity theft than getting data from databases because you have everything immediately and can charge on line or elsewhere immediately.
There is no safety in data security if you give your card to the most incompetent in society every day. We build our economy on trust and that trust is wearing thin. People steal about $35 billion in shoplifting each year that all of us pay for in higher prices. Credit card misuse is rampant and again we all pay for it in higher prices and card fees that are passed on to consumers.
We are between a rock and a hard place because our economy runs on credit and credit cards are a large part of that payment mechanism. The cost of that credit is billions each year that we all pay in higher prices. Thou shall not steal is becoming obsolete!
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There seems to be a pattern developing here. Government agencies are not securing the public's information and when the information is lost the government fails to report it. After working on how they will spin the story they tell someone what happened.
Now your information is stolen and the government spin machine is in full cycle. The bottom line is always the same, the government is not responsible and everything will be fine. How about the ole Bush doctrine: Just go shopping and don't worry about it.
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Stuff like this comes from the culture. SSN's are used too much by government and the private sector. A cheap and easy substitute for employee ID and customer account numbers.
The federal offices put them on everything, even partially on mailed pay stubs. I see no quick fix. Hollering and shouting will not help.
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