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Don't Mess with Texas

Charles Oliver | 8.5.2011 6:00 AM


The Texas comptroller's office has admitted leaving the personal information of 3.5 million Texans unencrypted on a computer server open to the public. The information included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, names, mailing addresses, and driver's license numbers.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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