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If you were unaware, 272 million social security numbers were compromised in a data breach back in August. I was notified today that my information (SSN, birthday, previous addresses,phone number, and name) was found on the dark web and available to anyone who wants to buy it.
https://www.vox.com/technology/367986/freeze-credit-equifax-experian-transunion-ssn-breach
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-number-leak-npd-breach-what-to-know/
Here is the LPT: Put a credit freeze on all three credit bureaus to protect your credit and identity. You can easily instantly temporarily unfreeze it for any period of time if access is needed before it automatically freezes itself again. All 3 links to do so are provided in this thread...
Transunion: https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze
Equifax: https://www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/credit-freeze/
Exprian: https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html
Additionally, set up 2 factor authentication on any and everything you can.
Side note LPT, tap to pay on EVERYTHING, reason being is that skimmers (devices used to steal card info) are on the rise for chip readers.
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what are the three bureaus? sorry, they didn't teach me this in college/high school.