A breach last year by DOGE has compromised untold Social Security numbers, according to whistleblower Chuck Borges.

PayPal coding bug exposed 100 customers' Social Security numbers for six months, highlighting how simple software errors can be as risky as cyberattacks.

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...

DOGE allegedly exposed 300 million Americans' Social Security numbers in unsecured cloud storage, creating lifelong fraud risks that may require replacing SSNs.

An unsecured database that likely contains tens of millions of unique Social Security numbers, alongside email addresses and ...

A whistleblower warns a mishandled cloud copy of Social Security data could put millions at lifelong risk and force SSNs to change.

New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how ...

Employees at W&M and VIMS must have a Social Security Number (SSN) to be entered into the Payroll system. If an employee does not have an SSN, the employee must apply in person at the Social Security ...

Security researchers at UpGuard discovered the mysterious database, which also contained billions of email addresses and passwords.

Over the course of a person's life, there are many important sets of digits assigned to them, from their phone and credit card number to their license plate. Yet there's one numerical identifier that ...

Financial fraud takes many forms, from fake charities that bilk you out of a few dollars to identity theft that can wipe out your entire savings. About four in 10 Americans have been victims of some ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rescinded a 25-year-old legal opinion to require all occupational license applicants to provide a Social Security number, a move aimed at barring undocumented ...