National public data breach exposes sensitive information of 2.9B U.S. citizens

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Post by lhuser123 » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 11:38 AM UTC

National public data breach exposes sensitive information of 2.9B U.S. citizens
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Post by threesevenths » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 11:50 AM UTC

2.9 billion records. Title makes it seem Americans have been more busy than they have been.

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Post by pestatije » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 3:32 PM UTC

threesevenths wrote: post #2

2.9 billion records. Title makes it seem Americans have been more busy than they have been.

i was thinking they might be including the deceased ones as well

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Post by threesevenths » Thu, Aug 01, 2024, 12:13 PM UTC

pestatije wrote: post #3

threesevenths wrote: post #2

2.9 billion records. Title makes it seem Americans have been more busy than they have been.

i was thinking they might be including the deceased ones as well

It makes an interesting question, how many Americans have ever lived? I can say with confidence it’s not 2.9 billion but I have no idea what the real number is.

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Post by enfo99 » Sat, Aug 03, 2024, 2:36 AM UTC

When they say 2.9B - the same person appears in the data multiple times with data showing the individual and relative