[privacy] City of Chicago Loses Voter Data

[Shyaam]

THAT REALLY STINKS. At this rate there is no use for passport or SSN or any
secure ID as everything is being lost these days, infact not by individuals
who are educated using "Security Awareness" but the ones who are supposed to
maintain it.

Any comments ???

Kind Regards,
Shyaam

On 1/22/07, Fergie <fergdawg at netzero.net> wrote:
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> Via The Chicago Sun-Times.
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> [snip]
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> About 100 computer discs with 1.3 million Chicago voters' Social Security
> numbers have been distributed to aldermen and ward committeemen, and the
> whereabouts of at least an additional six CDs with the same information
> are
> unknown, according to the Chicago Board of Elections.
>
> This follows another security lapse in October 2006, when voters' Social
> Security numbers were available through the board's Web site. But unlike
> the Web site flaw, which was fixed in a few minutes, it will be difficult,
> if not impossible, for the Board of Elections to retrieve sensitive data
> physically scattered on more than 100 discs throughout the area.
>
> The discs also contain voters' birth dates and addresses -- information
> that along with Social Security numbers can be used to commit identity
> theft.
>
> [snip]
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> More:
> http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/222892,CST-NWS-data22.article
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> - - ferg
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Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Shyaam Sundhar R.S., GREM, GHTQ, GWAS
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