Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: JAB <here@is.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss
Subject: Re: Billions of Social Security numbers exposed
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:31:29 -0500
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 20
Message-ID: <valnki$35t5f$1@dont-email.me>
References: <v9p435$1p41o$1@dont-email.me> <val1g1$32knk$1@dont-email.me>
Reply-To: JAB <here@is.invalid>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:31:31 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b1662f5577c6b4da63161b1735722dce";
	logging-data="3339439"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18jjh7U9J2YLPQPLerNNAd9"
User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272
Cancel-Lock: sha1:oSd6/BZbGbpXkYFS/sK0R4s4ab4=
Bytes: 1832

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:13:35 -0400, Auric Hellman
<adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

>2.9 billion? The US only has 335 million people; where are these extra 
>2.6 billion numbers coming from?

"According to the report, the breach occurred in April and includes
full names, current and past addresses, Social Security numbers,
information regarding relatives, and other personal data related to
people living in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. 

Total US might be around 500 million (dead/living)....Canada, not many
there...unknown about UK.

Oh, that's News Corp speak...BS

"MarketWatch is a website that provides financial information,
business news, analysis, and stock market data. It is a subsidiary of
Dow Jones & Company, a property of News Corp, along with The Wall
Street Journal and Barron's."