Post by ferris1248 on Aug 28, 2024 10:56:21 GMT -5
If you haven't put a credit freeze on at all 3 credit bureaus, you ought to do so. This hack took place a while back but I was just informed my SS# is on the dark web.
If your personal information was stolen in the theft of a reported 2.9 billion records last December, you can check to see if your Social Security was leaked in the massive National Public Data breach and take steps to guard your your personal information. Here's how.
According to an August statement from National Public Data -- a data broker that sells personal information to private investigators, consumer public record sites, human resources and staffing agencies -- "a third-party bad actor" hacked into the data and leaked the stolen information on the dark web. National Public Data obtained the information by scraping nonpublic sources without consent, according to a proposed class action lawsuit.
Two online security companies have put up websites that let you check for free if your Social Security number is part of the stolen store of personal information: One is www.npdbreach.com/ from the online privacy company Atlas Privacy; the second is npd.pentester.com/ by the Pentester cybersecurity company.
Both lookup tools are easy to use and search for different pieces of information in the stash. Both showed my personal information were stolen in the hack after I searched the different states I've lived in.
Here are steps you can take to see if your information was stolen and then protect your Social Security number if your personal data was leaked in the massive data hack. For more information, here are the best identity theft protection services and how to freeze your credit.
www.cnet.com/personal-finance/check-if-your-social-security-number-is-included-in-the-national-public-data-breach/
If your personal information was stolen in the theft of a reported 2.9 billion records last December, you can check to see if your Social Security was leaked in the massive National Public Data breach and take steps to guard your your personal information. Here's how.
According to an August statement from National Public Data -- a data broker that sells personal information to private investigators, consumer public record sites, human resources and staffing agencies -- "a third-party bad actor" hacked into the data and leaked the stolen information on the dark web. National Public Data obtained the information by scraping nonpublic sources without consent, according to a proposed class action lawsuit.
Two online security companies have put up websites that let you check for free if your Social Security number is part of the stolen store of personal information: One is www.npdbreach.com/ from the online privacy company Atlas Privacy; the second is npd.pentester.com/ by the Pentester cybersecurity company.
Both lookup tools are easy to use and search for different pieces of information in the stash. Both showed my personal information were stolen in the hack after I searched the different states I've lived in.
Here are steps you can take to see if your information was stolen and then protect your Social Security number if your personal data was leaked in the massive data hack. For more information, here are the best identity theft protection services and how to freeze your credit.
www.cnet.com/personal-finance/check-if-your-social-security-number-is-included-in-the-national-public-data-breach/
