In this the age of technology and identity theft, this is not reassuring. A group of researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University say they’ve discovered patterns in how Social Security Numbers are issued making it relatively easy to obtain personal information. They fear it will spark a new wave of criminal imitators who will try to duplicate the research. Details of the research were published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal and check this, will be explained at the annual Black Hat computer hacker convention..wow!! This report probably means companies and other businesses will stop using Social Security Numbers as passwords.
Researchers say they can guess your SSN – The Red Tape Chronicles – MSNBC.com.