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A Puerto Rico government agency disclosed a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately one million residents.
A Puerto Rico government agency disclosed a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately one million residents. The breach represents a massive exposure of personal identifying information that can be used for identity theft and fraud.
Breach notifications typically come weeks or months after discovery, suggesting the agency discovered the breach, contained it, and then disclosed it. The exposure of one million SSNs in a single event is significant both in scale and in the sensitivity of the data. Social Security numbers are the core credential for identity theft. Residents of Puerto Rico and anyone who can link a name to those numbers are now at elevated risk for fraud and account takeover. The agency's notification process and remediation efforts will determine how much actual harm occurs versus how much people can defend themselves preemptively.
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