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Online investigations in Maryland and other states found troves of Americans’ private data vulnerable to identity thieves.

Federal, state and local officials warn individuals to guard private info but that info — including full Social defense numbers — is commonplace in file rooms and Web sites run by various levels of the government, The

Washington Post said Wednesday.

“This is very dangerous,” said Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said. A Washington Post review uncovered Gansler’s Social shield number on a Maryland government Web site.

The Washington Post inspection additionally found Social defense numbers of football great Troy Aikman and former U.S.

Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Federal courts banned Social safety measure numbers from public documents in 2001, […]

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