Federal Gov't. released tens of thousands of living Americans social security numbers.

WASHINGTON - Members of Congress say they are increasingly concerned by failures of the Social Security Administration to keep confidential information safe and to warn the public when the security of personal data has been breached.

Several have expressed dismay following disclosures by Scripps Howard News Service that federal authorities kept silent when the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of living Americans accidentally were released in a widely available database of dead persons intended to protect U.S. businesses from fraud.

"The failure of the Social Security Administration to protect that critical information and its failure to notify the tens of thousands of Americans that this breach put them at risk is disturbing," said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., responding to the Scripps investigation.
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