Personal Data of 26.5M Veterans Stolen

[Blodrast]

Pape, I didn't literally mean "spread over the internet". I meant copied, backed up, sold to someone/more someones, etc. Any of these.
I know that if I'd got that, I'd _definitely_ keep a few copies.

And as for the data not being used "because it would be detected" or some such, puh-leaze... Are you trying to say that identity thefts are inexistant because they are "detectable" or traceable ?

Who knows if it's been used or not ? Did they run a check to make sure that absolutely none of the 26.5M old folks had their identity stolen since the data was compromised ? I don't think so - if for no other reason that the FBI would have bragged about it if they'd done it.

[Papewaio]

Pape, I didn't literally mean "spread over the internet". I meant copied, backed up, sold to someone/more someones, etc. Any of these.
I know that if I'd got that, I'd _definitely_ keep a few copies.

And as for the data not being used "because it would be detected" or some such, puh-leaze... Are you trying to say that identity thefts are inexistant because they are "detectable" or traceable ?

No, what I said is that the commericial value of all 26.5 million identities is limited. If it was a case of identity theft then only a tiny portion could be used otherwise the pattern would be discernable, too many used and it would raise the alarm. So the direct commericial value is not that much, particularly when large corporations can gain equal to or more information by their data sharing.

So while it might have some value to crims, they too have ways of getting just as good information that isn't currently in the spotlight.