Actually, I realized later on that it was a Chinese web site. Which is even
more bothersome given the number of hacks and attempted hacks that have come
from China.
I'm just trying to decide if this is something that I need to be concerned
about.
jm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Schlosser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: googling my own SSN: What are the odds of th
iis?
> Actually the server is in Beijing, China and the domain owner is in
> Brisbane
> Austrailia.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Jim Mc Coy
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: googling my own SSN: What are the odds of thiis?
>
> I thought this might be a good place to start asking, since so many work
> with applications that generate, validate and process account numbers,
> customer ID's and numbers for other identification purposes.
>
> There are known to be web sites where ID thiefs trade Social Security
> Numbers and other personal information. So I decided to GOOGLE my own SSN
> to see if maybe it would show up on a web site somewere. And it did. The
> only thing is, it's a Japanese web site so I have to have someone
> translate
> it for me so I can find out what it is. I am concerned that, even if it
> appears to be a legit site, it could be an ID theft site disuiguised as
> something else. I'm sure it would just be at IDTHIEFSRUS.COM
>
> The URL that GOOGLE returns is http://post.baidu.com/f?kz=######### (where
> the #'s are replaced by my SSN)
>
> so kz is a parameter being passed to the page and it contains my SSN as a
> value.
>
> Is this something I need to be concerned about? Or is it not that unusual
> for numbers used for other purposes to just happen to work out to be U.S.
> SSNs?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim Mc Coy
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