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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mary Papenfuss

Hundreds of Social Security numbers leaked in unredacted JFK files

Late President John F Kennedy Jr is in Dallas in 1965. Public release of unredacted files related to his assassination have exposed hundreds of Social Security numbers. - (AP1963)

Hundreds of Americans’ Social Security numbers were exposed when the Trump administration released a trove of largely unredacted files linked to the assassination of former President John F Kennedy.

The files, which so far haven’t included any surprises about the assassination, exposed the Social Security numbers — along with other personal information such as addresses and names — of some 400 congressional staffers and others, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

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