Comments on: 800,000 stolen social security numbers: a 22-year-old scapegoat?

By: private investigator maryland

private investigator maryland — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:17:36 +0000

Unfortunately, In my line of work as a maryland private investigator, I see this type of security breach all the time. There is always a risk when sensative material leaves any facility. Such a shame.

By: Jodie @ Idaho 4G Wireless

Jodie @ Idaho 4G Wireless — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:05:56 +0000

Hi there, just doing some browsing for my Idaho 4g site. Can’t believe the amount of information out there. Not quite what I was looking for, but nice site. Cya later.

By: ssn

ssn — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:14:45 +0000

Always keep your social security number in secret or your identy can be stolen and used illegal aliens..

By: devtrench

devtrench — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:33:01 +0000

Ahh, your tax dollars at work :) Sad thing is that this kind of incompetency seems to runs rampant in most state institutions. Makes me feel real good about giving my money to the government.

By: jasper_johns

jasper_johns — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:32:33 +0000

i stole the tape, and it was erased by the T.V.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:48:29 +0000

Good God! If this is the method the government has for backup and recovery of data, we are in a lot of trouble.

By: Skwerl

Skwerl — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:53:13 +0000

Why is everyone surprised by the $500 reward? The tape’s unencrypted- One only needs to copy the tape to have everything valuable on it. The physical tape is worthless.

By: Coolhead2001

Coolhead2001 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:27:20 +0000

In my opinion, it was a cluster on both ends.

Admittedly, the state of Ohio shouldn’t be trusting such confidential information to an intern. That simply goes beyond common sense, and yes you’d figure they’d have more secure means to safeguard the tape elsewhere.

As for the intern… while he’s taking a lot of the heat for this, it’s well deserved. While he might not have had a lot to work with, he should have been smarter than to leave the tape in his car. From what I’ve read, it’s not the first time he did so.

As for him being a scapegoat? I hardly agree. He was at fault, however the State of Ohio is also at fault. I believe that if they’re going to ask for resignations, they need to start a lot higher on the food chain.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:51:29 +0000

$500 reward is hilarious. I wonder how many thousands will be spent on the mailing to the residents aka victims advising that there is nothing to worry about. Managerial incompetence strikes again. It is the bane of this country. Nobody dumber than a manager.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:08:43 +0000

Ok, So I live in Ohio. And I just get this letter from the state. Sigh…… Yup, not good news.