Claimed AT&T hack of 70M customer records including SSN, name, address

Re:Claimed AT&T hack of 70M customer records including SSN, ... by jader201 on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:07PM (#28250109)

Ironically, having it in plain text on a piece of paper in some random doctor’s office is much more secure than having it hashed in some website’s database.

Possibly even more secure than that same doctor having it in their system.

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Re:Claimed AT&T hack of 70M customer records including SSN, ... by silisili on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:49PM (#28250610)

Good point. But realize it's only on that paper for a few mins before being typed into their system.

Doctor's offices are so archaic at times. Only a handful let me do the forms online in advance. And even those have more paper for me to waste when I arrive.

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Re:Claimed AT&T hack of 70M customer records including SSN, ... by undersuit on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:11PM (#28252421)

A public system to enter data into, probably some sort of SAS or COT for most practices, has got to introduce far more insecurities than having the clerical staff enter it into the same backend the public system has to interact with.

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Re:Claimed AT&T hack of 70M customer records including SSN, ... by georgyo on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:42PM (#28252647)

Dumpster diving is a thing.

In almost all cases, someone is entering what you hand wrote into a system; and then they discard the paper copy.

If they shred it that's great, but dumpster diving at medical offices has made the news many many times.

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