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Jobs + Submit A Job + Post Resume + Employers + Jobs at The World State loses 45 Social Security numbers in scam By Alexander Rich, Staff Writer Friday, January 30, 2009 | 1 comment(s) Font Size: Shrink Font Enlarge Font | An online scammer made off with 45 Social Security numbers after sending a virus to a computer at the Department of Human Services office in Coos Bay last week. The virus arrived in the form of a bogus e-mail with a link on it Jan. 23. When an employee clicked on the link, it downloaded an application that recorded keystrokes and sent them to an external address. Department officials discovered the virus later in the day and shut down the computer immediately. E-mails were sent to other computers but no one else opened the application. Gene Evans, a DHS spokesman, said the information was taken from Coos County residents applying for assistance through the Self-sufficiency Program. 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The World generally does not edit comments, but we reserve the right to edit any comment that does not meet our standards. Close Guidelines IT Guy wrote on Jan 30, 2009 1:41 PM: This was not a virus, which is defined as "a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the user." This was negligence on the part of the user. 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