Well into the 2000s it was routine to find unredacted SSNs in public Federal bankruptcy filings. Likewise, the old Congressional Records contain thousands of SS

Well into the 2000s it was routine to find unredacted SSNs in public Federal bankruptcy filings. Likewise, the old Congressional Records contain thousands of SSNs of newly promoted military officers. Librarians have spent a lot of time tracking these down in their archives to redact them.