Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web

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Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web
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We need a GDPR equivalent, but US politicians aren’t interested in protecting individuals

We need identity to be disconnected from authorization so it hardly matters if your SSN leaks.

They’ll pay a fine of like $120M, appeal or have it waived down to $24M and a new law will be passed barring a class action or any further ramifications when it happens again.