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When Public Data Disappears: The Quiet Restoration of SSN Issuance Records
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The lost SSN issuance tables once published by the SSA are restored by researcher Del Andujar, bringing back privacy-safe insight into historical SSN patterns.
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Government-issued SSN issuance tables—once public—quietly disappeared from online archives, creating gaps for researchers and fraud analysts. Cybersecurity researcher Del Andujar reconstructed the historical records using scattered public documents, restoring context about SSN issuance patterns without exposing personal data. The project highlights how transparency and privacy can coexist when handled responsibly.
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