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If what the article says is true and PPI is indeed in these documents than these documents are ripe for fraud, criminal use and identity theft. This is worse t
by larrydag 6y ago
If what the article says is true and PPI is indeed in these documents than these documents are ripe for fraud, criminal use and identity theft. This is worse than a password leak.
- aj3 6y agoIf previous incidents have taught us anything, it's that taxpayers should buy free credit monitoring to everyone affected by the leak and be done with it. Maybe throw in $10 to anyone that can prove they suffered losses as a direct result of the leak.
- specialist 6y agoIIRC, in some places the govt is the collections recording and credit rating agency.
- aerostable_slug 6y agoMonitoring sucks. Freeze your credit (don't just lock it) until it's absolutely needed, then refreeze it. This will choke off much of the business of credit bureaus, but too bad so sad. There are a number of interesting approaches to solving the same problems as credit bureaus (risk assessment, identity verification, etc.) that don't carry as much consumer risk as the big three bureaus do every single day.
- thephyber 6y agoI'm pretty sure your parent comment was oozing sarcasm.
- Nexxxeh 6y agoIs there a risk of undercover agents and CIs being outed? If so, does that potentially endangers lives?