Two Million Identities Stolen for Fake Net Neutrality Comments

Engadget is reporting that as many as 2 million identities were used to leave fake comments in support of the FCC's decision to kill net neutrality.

Based on the 5,000 or so complaints filed with the office, some of the victims are senior citizens, some are minors, while some are already dead.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman wrote:

"Millions of fake comments have corrupted the FCC public process -- including two million that stole the identities of real people, a crime under New York law. Yet the FCC is moving full steam ahead with a vote based on this corrupted process, while refusing to cooperate with an investigation. As we've told the FCC: moving forward with this vote would make a mockery of our public comment process and reward those who perpetrated this fraud to advance their own hidden agenda. The FCC must postpone this vote and work with us to get to the bottom of what happened."

For what its worth, 2 million seems like an awfully high number.