From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2007 - 15:07:36 CDT

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(yet another newly revised total...)

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2007/04/0110.xml

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has narrowed to approximately
38,700 the number of people whose private identification information was
accessible to the public on a government-wide website. USDA takes
seriously its responsibility to protect private information and after
learning of the potential exposure, immediately took action to remove the
information from the website. USDA is also offering credit monitoring
services to protect the personal accounts of affected individuals, due to
the potential that information was downloaded prior to removal. There is
no evidence that this information has been misused.

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