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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That sucks. Wonder if they'll have to deal out new DL#s to those affected

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[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

They didn't issue new SSNs after the Equifax breach.

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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago

SSN was never meant to be any kind of password or security code, it's just complete idiocy that anyone uses it like that

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