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Your Social Security Number Still At Risk, Security Experts Warn

(Reuters)

By    |   Friday, 26 January 2018 10:37 AM EST

White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce is calling the time-honored, nine-digit Social Security number a "flawed system" that "has outlived its usefulness." And to drive the point home, he recently revealed his own Social Security number had been compromised — at least four times.

Joyce joins a growing cadre of experts who are beginning to wonder whether it's time to put the time-honored Social Security number out to pasture.

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White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce is calling the time-honored, nine-digit Social Security number a "flawed system" that "has outlived its usefulness."
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Friday, 26 January 2018 10:37 AM
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