Answer: SSNS
SSNS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 241 times.
Referring Clues:
- Employees' ID's: Abbr.
 - Nine-digit ID's
 - Some ID's
 - ID's of a sort
 - Workers need them: Abbr.
 - ID's, of sorts
 - ID's for the I.R.S.
 - I.R.S. info
 - I.R.S. ID's
 - Workers' ID's
 - ID's sought in phishing
 - Payroll dept. ID's
 - Form data: Abbr.
 - Personal ID's
 - Figs. in identity theft
 - Figs. in bank records
 - Info put on some schedules: Abbr.
 - Figs. with two hyphens
 - ID's with two hyphens
 - Info that may be phished: Abbr.
 - Some personal data: Abbr.
 - Hyphenated figs.
 - Credit application figs.
 - I.R.S. data: Abbr.
 - Dashed figs.
 - Nine-digit IDs
 - Some IDs: Abbr.
 - Payroll dept. figs.
 - Hyphenated IDs
 - Payroll IDs
 - Identity theft targets: Abbr.
 - Form 1040 IDs
 - IRS IDs
 - IRS identifiers
 - Tax IDs
 - IRS data
 - Payroll dept. IDs
 - Figs. on tamper-proof cards since 1983
 - Info on IDs
 - Tax form IDs
 - Phishing targets (abbr.)
 - IRS info
 - W-2 IDs
 - Data on IRS forms
 - Targets of phishing (abbr.)
 - Personnel IDs.
 - Workers' IDs
 - IDs sought by phishers
 - Personnel dept. IDs
 - Govt.-issued IDs
 - Three-part nos.
 - Govt. database entries
 - I.R.S. figures: Abbr.
 - Some employment records: Abbr.
 - Taxpayers' IDs
 - Identity theft figs.
 - They were first issued in Nov. 1936
 - They never begin with 666: Abbr.
 - Nos. divided by dashes
 - Tax return IDs
 - Figs. in a 3-2-4 format
 - IRS returns data
 - ID data
 - Personal figs.
 - Taxpayer ID's
 - Some IDs
 - Federal ID's
 - Some hyphenated figs.
 - ID info
 - Identity thief's acquisitions, for short
 - Bank acct. IDs
 - Figs. on blue cards
 - Return nos.
 - Some paycheck IDs
 - 1040 IDs
 - Certain IDs
 - Employee IDs, at times
 - FICA IDs
 - Tax-form IDs
 - Credit-application data: Abbr.
 - Returns data: Abbr.
 - IRS requirements
 - Worker IDs
 - IDs of a sort
 - Tax return nos.
 - The IRS requires them
 - Payroll dept. data
 - Fed. retirement IDs
 - ID nos.
 - Workers need them (Abbr.)
 - They have nine digits and two hyphens, briefly
 - Personnel data, briefly
 - They have only nine digits (Abbr.)
 - Payroll stub IDs
 - IDs that go on Form 1040
 - ID-theft targets
 - Employee IDs, maybe
 - Personnel IDs
 - Work IDs
 - Payroll figs.
 - Office IDs
 - Strings used in payroll depts.
 - Nine-digit govt. IDs
 - ID theft targets
 - Phishing targets: Abbr.
 - Form data (abbr.)
 - HR data
 - Numerical IDs
 - 9-digit IDs
 - ID figures
 - Federal IDs
 - Employee IDs, often
 - Employee IDs
 - Some hyphenated IDs
 - HR dept. data
 - Joint acct. info
 - Taxpayer IDs
 - 1040EZ IDs
 - IRS form figures
 - IDs with two hyphens
 - Employee data: Abbr.
 - IRS form entries
 - Their first parts are geog. indicators
 - Data of concern to privacy advocates: Abbr.
 - Three-part figs.
 - Job application info, for short
 - Email scam targets, for short
 - Personal IDs
 - Phishing loot: Abbr.
 - Govt. nos.
 - Payroll department IDs
 - I.R.S. IDs
 - Some employee IDs
 - Credit report IDs
 - Payroll dept. info
 - W-9 fields: Abbr.
 - Nine-digit IRS IDs
 - Fed. IDs
 - Phishers' fodder: Abbr.
 - Phishing targets, for short
 - Tax form nos.
 - Important numbers for the IRS
 - Nine-digit tax IDs
 - Govt. IDs
 - ID thieves' targets
 - Invoice figs.
 - Some personnel info: Abbr.
 - What the DoD omits from new IDs
 - IDs that are often not displayed in full: Abbr.
 - Figs. that are never intentionally reused
 - IRS 123 Down
 - IDs collected by H.R.
 - IRS form IDs
 - Hacking targets, for short
 - IDs for the IRS
 - Form W-9 figs.
 - Application figs.
 - Some i.d.'s
 - "Last four" ID verifiers
 - Data since the FDR era
 - Two-hyphen IDs
 - Some Form 1040 data, for short
 - Some I.R.S. data, for short
 - I.R.S. figs.
 - Nine-digit nos.
 - IDs often 56% hidden
 - Federally issued IDs
 - Former Medicare IDs
 - Identifiers on tax returns: Abbr.
 - Figs. on tax forms
 - Return figs.
 - 1040 figures, for short
 - Figs. with two dashes
 - Entries on 1040s, for short
 - S&L IDs
 - IDs on 1040s
 - Government IDs
 - IDs assigned at birth: Abbr.
 - W-9 IDs
 - Hacking targets: Abbr.
 - Some sensitive info, for short
 - IDs on tax forms
 - Digital IDs
 - Figures to protect, briefly
 - Some I.R.S. data, in brief
 - IRS ID's
 - Nine-digit government IDs: Abbr.
 - Info on tax forms
 - Figs. at the beginnings of tax forms
 - "Last four digits" IDs
 - Figs. assigned randomly since 2011
 - Info collected by H.R.
 - Double-hyphenated IDs
 - 1040 figs.
 - Nine-digit IDs, for short
 - Nine-digit ID nos.
 - Tax form IDs, for short
 - IDs since the Great Depression
 - Digits with dashes
 - IDs since 1936
 - Figs. first issued in 1936
 - Tax IDs: Abbr.
 - Figures shared with CPAs
 - Nos. on tax forms
 - IDs since the Great Depression, in brief
 - Phishing fodder: Abbr.
 - Their first five parts are often disguised, for short
 - Tax form figs.
 - IDs on some tax forms
 - 1040 ID figs.
 - IDs for U.S. permanent residents
 - Bank acct. application digits
 - IDs with multiple hyphens
 - Frequently phished figs.
 - Nine-digit IDs on some W-9s
 - Prized digits for ID theft
 - Doubly hyphenated IDs
 - Some tax IDs
 - Closely guarded IDs
 - IDs on 1040 forms
 - Randomly generated IDs
 - Data sought in phishing attempts, in brief
 - Double-hyphenated digits, for short
 - U.S. IDs
 - Nine-digit government IDs
 - 403(b) IDs
 - IDs written on applications, for short
 - Identity thieves' targets, for short
 - U.S. tax IDs
 - IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr.
 - Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief
 - Phisher's collection, for short
 - Tax prep figs.
 - Figs. for which you often give just the last four digits
 - Strings of digits to keep secret, in brief
 - Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief
 - Form W-2 digits
 - Tax doc IDs
 - Govt.-issued identifiers
 - Figs. most people have memorized
 - IDs on W-2s
 
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