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Re:Hundreds of patient data breaches are left unpunished by JumpCrisscross on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:34PM (#31384460)
> equifax leaked data for hundred million people, and so far noone was able to prove the damage

Which leads me to believe there hasn’t been any damage worth pursuing. It’s a simpler hypothesis than there being rampant, apparently undetectable fraud.

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Re:Hundreds of patient data breaches are left unpunished by hansvm on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:43PM (#31384806)
Roughly $40B/yr is stolen from retirement accounts in the USA. Some of that is due to data leaks, and it's not unreasonable to assume other thefts are due to data leaks. The issue is tying any specific instance back to the Equifax clusterfuck.
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Re:Hundreds of patient data breaches are left unpunished by ClumsyPilot on Sunday May 15, 2022 @06:52AM (#31386719)
> It’s a simpler hypothesis than there being rampant, apparently undetectable fraud.

Undetectable? I know 7 people that were targeted and defrauded, and unless you live under a rock, you probably know someone too.

I get 2 scam robocalls a week, 5 scam emails a week, where do you think all of them are getting my nyumber, name and address?

Now, how do I prove where these fraudsters get their data so that I cna file a lawsuit?

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