[Paine in the Neck]

If you want to get the bureaucrats’ attention, steal their SSNs and include in your correspondence with them.

[the_boy_who_got_lost]

I’ve thought about that...I also don’t want to go to jail for any length of time....or have to fight anything in court. I am broke enough as it is.

I recently discovered a mortgage company who was leaking the:
Full SSN, first and last name, home address, mailing address, bank and routing number if they has signed up for automatic ACH payments each month.

I could have made millions selling that data on the black market.

I did the honerable thing and reported it...and made a measly $5,000 in comparison. Now I’m glad for the money and a clear conscience.

I read about this hack today: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150527/us-irs-breach-a05ef24734.html

I could have done that easy sneezy...it doesn’t take a whole lot of sophistication do run a scheme like that. There are plenty of smart programmers out there.

[expat2]

Good idea