Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown that public information gleaned from governmental sources, commercial databases, and online social networks can be used to routinely predict most--and ...

One of the first things most parents do after a baby is born is apply for a Social Security number for the child. Though he or she might not have a credit card or bank account, children make a ...

Most IT workers in state and local government know the cliché that asserts citizens should be "online" rather than "in line" when attaining government services. But many of them contend citizens ...

A threat actor has re-released data from a 2021 AT&T breach affecting 70 million customers, this time combining previously separate files to directly link Social Security numbers and birth dates to ...

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget must strengthen federal efforts to reduce the use of Social Security numbers, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Here are five things ...

Utah's Medicaid hack estimate has grown a second time. This time we have gone from over 180,000 Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) recipients having their personal information stolen ...