100,000 More Social Security Numbers Exposed

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Posted by Zonk on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:24PM from the that-why-we-use-these-password-things dept.

ThinkComp writes "PayMaxx, Inc. is a web-based payroll processing company, and they recently notified me that my on-line form W-2 was available. And so it was, along with the W-2 (including SSN and salary data) of every other one-time PayMaxx customer dating back at least five years, possibly 100,000 in all. Through news.com, PayMaxx reports, 'PayMaxx has made and continues to make every effort to secure its system against any breach,' which is why part of their site has been down now for several days."

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Uh oh... (Score:5, Funny)

by Faust7 ( 314817 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:27PM (#11781827) Homepage

Man, I hope Jon Stewart's wasn't in there!

Oh wait...

But will this matter... (Score:5, Funny)

by popo ( 107611 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:29PM (#11781845) Homepage

...if President W does away with Social Security?

Finally (Score:5, Funny)

by Monkelectric ( 546685 ) writes: <{slashdot} {at} {monkelectric.com}> on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:30PM (#11781869)

An upside to being unemployed.

Hell, I already knew all that. info (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:30PM (#11781871)

just by going thru your trashcan. By the way, you really should ask for a raise.

Rocky Raccoon.

p.s., please stop dumping the bathroom trash can in with the kitchen's. Thanks.

100,001 (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:31PM (#11781877)

324-12-1125

Social insecurity (Score:1, Funny)

by nahnkari ( 732424 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:31PM (#11781889)

Looks like social security is really in trouble. Lets rename SSN to Social Insecurity Number (SIN).

We all need to get phycially marked with a number! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:33PM (#11781910)

(just to freak out the Christians of course)

Re:Uh oh... (Score:5, Funny)

by kill-hup ( 120930 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:34PM (#11781930) Homepage

I'll bet Ted Hitler was watching and knows what it is ;)

Yeah, but (Score:2, Funny)

by oliana ( 181649 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @05:49PM (#11782145) Homepage

Did you get any of the names and numbers? Where do I buy them??

Re:Credit report monitoring (Score:2, Funny)

by TripMaster Monkey ( 862126 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @06:08PM (#11782391)

IIS 4.0 ???
That is criminal negligence. Depraved indifference, and the like.

Re:First off, (Score:3, Funny)

by AK Marc ( 707885 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @06:27PM (#11782596)

Of course while Bush speaks of "privatization" he means NOTHING of the sort. My take is the government will put out a list of "acceptable" companies and or mutual funds to invest in.

I bet Enron is on the list.

Re:Credit report monitoring (Score:3, Funny)

by Washizu ( 220337 ) writes: <bengarvey@co m c a s t . net> on Friday February 25, 2005 @06:36PM (#11782681) Homepage

It's simple......you......should.....NOT......be.....al lowed.....to......keep.......records on vast numbers of human beings with lives and financial histories to protect.

I'm sorry, your dramatic punctuation license has been revoked for abuse.

Re:As this becomes commonplace... (Score:3, Funny)

by C10H14N2 ( 640033 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @06:51PM (#11782812)

One of my banks has a very tried-and-true method of authenticating me:

They provide me with a series of indexed one-way hashes that I must successfully append to a random password (basically, S-KEY). These are physically exchanged through registered courier under separate cover to each other and all other identifying information on the account and updated either on expiration or the merest hint of compromise.

Why the hell ALL banks don't do this is a mystery to me.

who cares, here's mine (Score:1, Funny)

by FFON ( 266696 ) writes: on Friday February 25, 2005 @08:30PM (#11783648) Homepage

573-06-6811

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Uh oh... (Score:5, Funny)

But will this matter... (Score:5, Funny)

Finally (Score:5, Funny)

Hell, I already knew all that. info (Score:3, Funny)

100,001 (Score:2, Funny)

Social insecurity (Score:1, Funny)

We all need to get phycially marked with a number! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Uh oh... (Score:5, Funny)

Yeah, but (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Credit report monitoring (Score:2, Funny)

Re:First off, (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Credit report monitoring (Score:3, Funny)

Re:As this becomes commonplace... (Score:3, Funny)

who cares, here's mine (Score:1, Funny)

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