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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by JumpCrisscross on Friday June 29, 2018 @12:45AM (#17422479)
> When the top folks in the US government are personally affected

The OPM breach covered a lot of powerful senior people.

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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by astura on Friday June 29, 2018 @08:00AM (#17423964)
Not only that, but the Russian site exposed[dot]su has published personal information, including SSNs, about a lot of powerful people, including Michelle Obama, Robert Mueller, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/who-built-the-id-theft-s...

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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by wu-ikkyu on Friday June 29, 2018 @08:43AM (#17424151)
Indeed, however, the impact of such breaches has yet to be made explicit. It seems only a massive cyber attack would show the public what is possible with such information
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