A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers 25.7%
www.propublica.org - By Luis Valentín - 7/9/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 25.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 20.6% - Appeal to Authority 12.7%
The government agency that collects property taxes in Puerto Rico inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately 1 million people, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned. It was the latest cybersecurity lapse for the Puerto Rico government, which in the past three years has seen technology breaches... more