FC: New York city government leaks SSNs, home addresses on site

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 01:32:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John F. McMullen" <observer () westnet com>
To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com
cc: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>, Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: HOLES FOUND IN CITY'S 'NET

More Good Security!

>From the New York Post --
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53854.htm

HOLES FOUND IN CITY'S 'NET
By DAVID SEIFMAN

The city has abruptly yanked an official Web site after discovering that
personal data from nearly 2,000 online job applicants - including home
addresses and Social Security numbers - could be viewed by anyone.
Officials stressed there's no evidence any of the information was pirated,
but they've contacted all 1,942 applicants and advised them to "consider
taking various precautions, including the contacting of all major credit
bureaus, creditors and banking institutions."

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