Cracking SSNs

Using statistical patterns, CMU Researchers predicted the first five digits of a Social Security number 44% of the time.

Researchers leveraged publicly available info for first 5 digits (this information is available at SSN’s official website). How hard is it to Social Engineer the last 4 digits?

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