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Cyber RiskThe Perfect Going-Away Gift From 2005: More Consumer Data BreachesThe Perfect Going-Away Gift From 2005: More Consumer Data Breaches
Any doubt that 2005 would be known as the unofficial Year of Lost Consumer Data was swept away in the past week by news of two data compromises that cast a pall over the holidays. First, acting on a tip from a reader, InformationWeek's Larry Greenemeier verified that the Department of Justice, the very agency charged with combating identity theft, had <A HREF="http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175400150">inadvertently exposed on its Web site social security numbers</A>
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