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Originally Posted by Augenj
Your point is well taken. It's just that my SSN is out there one more time in the wild when insecure servers are hacked. They may be secure in the ADWs mindset but not in mine or your average kiddie-script hacker.
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Should be noted that United Tote / CDI were not hacked. This was a former employee working in their datacenter, who had access to the system and was authorized to view that customer information. Those employees are required to obtain the same jurisdictional licenses (including background checks) as the ADWs themselves. Usually there are also additional layers of security before someone can view SSNs - whether it's manager approval, decrypting databases with private keys/passwords, etc.
The same thing can - and does - happen with people who work for credit bureaus, banks, or even government agencies. If a rogue employee is determined to take that info from an internal system, there's only so much the company can do to prevent it. Although that's not to say that more can't be done.
Definitely get what you're saying; unfortunately having your SSN all over the place is just the reality in today's world. Best you can do is have credit monitoring in place, and if identity theft does occur, jump on it immediately to mitigate the damage.