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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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At a Congressional hearing today on protecting the privacy of social security numbers, Annie Antón testified on behalf of the U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM) that the theft of social security numbers has become the primary tool for stealing an individual's identity, enabling criminals to unlock access to credit, banking accounts, and other services. Source: ACM
