Pinboard (jm) recent bookmarks from jm South Korea faces $1bn bill after hackers raid national ID database • The Register 2015-02-18T23:22:22+00:00 jm> Turns out a pot of honey is sweet']]> fail south-korea korea security id-cards ssn id-numbers privacy South Korean spymaster had a team posting political comments on Twitter and rigging polls 2015-02-09T17:41:22+00:00 jm web polls twitter social-media psyops korea south-korea nis sock-puppets democracy BBC News - South Korean ID system to be rebuilt from scratch 2014-10-15T22:56:21+00:00 jmThere are several reasons that the ID cards have proved so easy to steal: Identity numbers started to be issued in the 1960s and still follow the same pattern. The first few digits are the user's birth date, followed by either a one for male or two for female; Their usage across different sectors makes them master keys for hackers, say experts; If details are leaked, citizens are unable to change them via Tony Finch.]]> south-korea identity id-cards ppsn hackers Massive identity-theft breach in South Korea results in calls for national ID system to be abandoned 2012-06-28T21:37:18+00:00 jm south-korea identity fraud identity-theft web bullying authentication hacking