Comment on 2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed
floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 months agoAnd not all 9-digit numbers are used, so there are fewer than a billion.
Comment on 2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed
floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 months agoAnd not all 9-digit numbers are used, so there are fewer than a billion.
prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A lot of businesses use the last 4 digits separately for some purposes, which means that even if it’s salted, you are only getting 110,000 total options, which is trivial to run through.