[Dataloss] (update) Fed Breach Leaks Social Security Numbers

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(Original numbers reported almost 30,000, now 150,000.  Updated)

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/20/ap3637323.html

The Social Security numbers of up to 150,000 people who received 
Agriculture Department grants have been posted on a government Web site 
since 1996, but they were taken down last week.

Free credit monitoring is being offered to those affected.

The security breach was only noticed last week and promptly closed, the 
Agriculture Department and Census Bureau announced Friday.

The Agriculture data that included Social Security numbers were removed 
from the Web on April 13 and similar data from 32 other agencies were 
taken down April 17 as a precaution, said Agriculture spokeswoman Terri 
Teuber.

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