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A user in a low level hacking forum has published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online. The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million on users in India. It includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and — in some cases — email addresses. Insider reviewed a sample of the leaked data and verified several records by matching known...

Several weeks ago, an employee of the VA took home electronic data and his home was burglarized. (wonderful) The data included names, social security #'s and dates of birth (Fantastic!) Today I got a letter from the VA stating the problem and what they are doing about it. (That's good) The letter warned us if we notice any "suspicious activity" to notify the Federal Trade Commission (Oh boy!) Sigh. Only if the employee just followed the "established policies"! Anyway, here's to my SS#, my full name floating around the country/world for anybody to use as they see fit. Geesh. Here...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Personal data on up to 50,000 active Navy and National Guard personnel were among those stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month, the government said Saturday in a disclosure that goes beyond what VA initially reported. VA Secretary Jim Nicholson said in a statement that his agency discovered after an internal investigation that the names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth of up to 20,000 National Guard and Reserve personnel who were on at least their second active-duty call-up were "potentially included." In addition, the same information on up to 30,000 active-duty Navy personnel who...