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  1. Reuters: Medicare portal database exposed US health providers’ Social Security numbers, WaPo reports. “A Medicare portal database exposed U.S. health providers’ Social Security numbers, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The Post reported that the database was used to populate a directory created last year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help seniors search for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/reuters-medicare-portal-database-exposed-us-health-providers-social-security-numbers-wapo-reports/
  2. Lifehacker: This Massive Data Breach Leaked 2.7 Million Social Security Numbers. “Another massive data breach has compromised millions of Americans’ healthcare data and sensitive information. Navia Benefit Solutions, a benefits administrator for more than 10,000 U.S. employers, has disclosed a hack that affects nearly 2.7 million individuals, according to a March 18 filing with the Maine […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/23/lifehacker-this-massive-data-breach-leaked-2-7-million-social-security-numbers/
  3. PC Magazine: Exposed Database Was Storing More Than 1 Billion Social Security Numbers. “A database indexed using Elasticsearch was left open on the internet, according to security provider UpGuard. The stockpile contained 3 billion records, including email addresses and passwords, along with another dataset of 2.7 billion records, including SSNs.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/pc-magazine-exposed-database-was-storing-more-than-1-billion-social-security-numbers/
  4. The Register: DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud. “A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump’s DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every single American at risk by duplicating an agency database in an unauthorized cloud environment.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/the-register-doge-accused-of-duplicating-critical-social-security-database-on-unsecured-cloud/