It looks like I dodged this bullet, but you might be effected.
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An enormous amount of sensitive information including Social Security numbers for millions of people could be in the hands of a hacking group after a data breach and may have been released on an online marketplace, The Los Angeles Times reported this week.
The hacking group USDoD claimed it had allegedly stolen personal records of 2.9 billion people from National Public Data, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, reported by Bloomberg Law. The breach was believed to have happened in or around April, according to the lawsuit.
This website, Pentester.com (a data security firm), has a database set up to check if your records were tapped or not - mine weren't, according to them. Click on the screen cap above to see for yourself.
Best as I call tell, this is 100% legit...
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Check past address also, that's where I found they got mine.
ReplyDeleteCurrent address, nothing. Address from 20 years ago, nothing. Address from 30 years ago, yep I am in the data breach.
ReplyDeleteTesting services are a way to confirm you DO exist, and even update bad/old information. It's like answering an unknown number- you just confirmed the number is active. Use high security passphrases for critical stuff and anywhere your credit card is stored (bad idea but sometimes not easily avoided). ONLY allow automatic withdrawals from a credit card (ideally one with a limit that is at most 2x your biggest bill). Freeze your credit report (it's cheap or free). When breaches like this are reported, update that small set of passwords. Ignore the dozens of low risk, low security places like your online account at Dunkin. When you hear about things like this, ask yourself what you will do DIFFERENTLY if you ARE listed? If you are, change passwords. IF not, are you 100% certain you are NOT? If not, change your passwords. Net: don't look, just change passwords.
ReplyDeleteI use scamdoc.com to check websites I don't know are safe. Scamdoc only gives this a 90% approval.
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