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Released: October 19, 2012
Federal agencies don’t do enough to protect your data
Source: Herb Weisbaum, (MSNBC.com) (Free Registration)
Government agencies collect and store a vast amount of personal information about us. It’s the sort of information – Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and medical records – identity thieves use to do their dirty work. So you’d assume everything possible is being done to keep this sensitive information out of the wrong hands. You’d be wrong. A recent analysis of data breaches in the government sector by the security firm Rapid7 found “a steady increase in the number of records exposed” during the last three years.Read Full Article: Federal agencies don’t do enough to protect your data
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