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by deftnerd 3566 days ago
I've seen multiple databases that have the results of asking the user to enter the "last 4 of your SSN"

If you have those last 4 digits, and you can guess the first 5 digits with nearly 50% accuracy, then you have a very good chance on getting legitimate SSN's for mass numbers of people with a DB dump.