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The SSN Breach: What Now?

2024/8/18
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Joel de la Garza:此次数据泄露规模巨大,涉及大量社会安全号码等敏感信息,对个人和社会都造成严重威胁。社会安全号码不会改变,一旦泄露就很难补救。虽然许多泄露的信息可能已经通过之前的泄露事件公开,但此次事件将这些信息集中在一起,方便攻击者利用。将个人身份信息与其他信息(如银行账户或驾驶执照)结合起来,会增加诈骗的风险。攻击者也面临着数据质量和准确性的问题,这与合法企业面临的营销问题类似。个人可以采取一些基本的安全措施来降低风险,例如启用双因素身份验证和使用密码管理器。数据泄露问题仍然存在,但通过采取适当的安全措施,可以有效降低在线风险。改变激励机制可以有效打击网络犯罪。现有技术可以解决数据泄露问题,但需要政治意愿和行动来实施这些解决方案。公共密钥基础设施可以解决身份验证问题,但其在现实中的应用面临挑战。美国政府长期以来一直致力于改进身份验证系统,但进展缓慢。 Naftali Harris:此次数据泄露来自一家收集个人信息的第三方公司,泄露的数据包括姓名、社会安全号码、地址等信息,影响了美国和加拿大公民。黑客最初试图在暗网上出售这些数据,但无人问津,最终免费发布。Naftali的团队验证了泄露数据的真实性,数据质量参差不齐,存在重复和错误信息。在暗网上获取泄露的数据相对容易。Sentilink公司每天阻止超过2万起身份盗窃事件,向金融机构等提供身份验证服务。 主持人:本期节目讨论了近期近30亿条记录的数据泄露事件,其中包括大量社会安全号码。安全专家Joel de la Garza和Naftali Harris将参与讨论此次数据泄露事件。Naftali的团队获得了泄露的数据集,并验证了相关说法。强制披露数据泄露事件有助于提高消费者意识,并促使他们采取正确的应对措施。

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The chapter recaps the recent data breach involving billions of records, including social security numbers, and discusses the nature of the breach and the data at risk.
  • A third-party company collecting identity validation data was breached.
  • The data included names, social security numbers, and addresses of U.S. and Canadian citizens.
  • Hackers attempted to sell the data on the dark web but later released it for free.

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In this episode, we cover the recent data breach of nearly 3B records, including a significant number of social security numbers. Joining us to discuss are security experts Joel de la Garza and Naftali Harris. Incredibly enough, Naftali and his team were able to get their hands on the breached dataset and were able to validate the nature of the claims. Listen in as we explore the who, what, when, where, why… but also how a breach of this magnitude happens and what we can do about it.

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