Lifehacker: This Massive Data Breach Leaked 2.7 Million Social Security Numbers. “Another massive data breach has compromised millions of Americans’ healthcare data and sensitive information. Navia Benefit Solutions, a benefits administrator for more than 10,000 U.S. employers, has disclosed a hack that affects nearly 2.7 million individuals, according to a March 18 filing with the Maine […]

PC Magazine: Exposed Database Was Storing More Than 1 Billion Social Security Numbers. “A database indexed using Elasticsearch was left open on the internet, according to security provider UpGuard. The stockpile contained 3 billion records, including email addresses and passwords, along with another dataset of 2.7 billion records, including SSNs.”

Data breach at credit check giant 700Credit affects at least 5.6 million

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/12/data-breach-at-credit-check-giant-700credit-affects-at-least-5-6-million/

Mashable: DOGE’s insecure Social Security database part of secretive cybersecurity nightmare, report claims. “Last month, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was accused of creating a live cloud copy of every U.S. citizens’ Social Security information, one without appropriate security oversight or tracking to determine who accessed the data. A concerning new report from the Homeland […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/28/mashable-doges-insecure-social-security-database-part-of-secretive-cybersecurity-nightmare-report-claims/

The Register: Social Security admin denies DB data leak, DOGEs questions about a copy. “The Social Security Administration (SSA) has disputed a whistleblower’s allegations that claimed DOGE made an unauthorized, unsecured copy of a critical database – but it’s what the denial doesn’t say that speaks volumes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/22/the-register-social-security-admin-denies-db-data-leak-doges-questions-about-a-copy/

The Register: DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud. “A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump’s DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every single American at risk by duplicating an agency database in an unauthorized cloud environment.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/the-register-doge-accused-of-duplicating-critical-social-security-database-on-unsecured-cloud/

Highly Sensitive #Medical #Cannabis #Patient Data Exposed by #Unsecured Database

Nearly a million records, which appear to be linked to a medical-cannabis-card company in #Ohio, included #SocialSecurity numbers, government IDs, health conditions, and more.
#privacy #ssn #socialsecuritynumbers #security #leak

https://www.wired.com/story/highly-sensitive-medical-cannabis-patient-data-exposed-by-unsecured-database/

PCMag: Site Behind Major SSN Leak Returns With Detailed Data on Millions: How to Opt Out. “The site shut down in December amid a wave of lawsuits against parent company Jericho Pictures after a breach exposed an estimated 272 million unique SSNs and 600 million phone numbers. Since then, the site has been relatively dormant. But today, we spotted the nationalpublicdata.com domain springing back […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to-opt-out-pcmag/

Why Many #Amish People Don't Actually Have #SocialSecurityNumbers

https://www.grunge.com/1879760/do-amish-people-have-social-security-numbers/