Category Archives: Social Security numbers

DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers

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An unspecified “private” server was found with the account data of users who signed up for the service, in the largest breach since Equifax last year. Continue reading DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers→

Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years

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The social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and alleged credit card numbers of dozens of people are being advertised and sold on Facebook. The internet giant deleted some of them after Motherboard flagged the posts. Continue reading Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years→

Equifax breached, up to 143 million SSNs and DOBs stolen, all Americans offered credit monitoring

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Massive multinational credit reporting company Equifax has been breached by hackers, with up to 143 million U.S. residents having their names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers stolen from the company’s databases. In an unprecedented move, the company is offering free credit monitoring not just to the 143 million consumers, but potentially every American. In a statement, Chairman and CEO Richard Smith explained that the company discovered the breach on July 29, by which time it had been ongoing for more than two months. The hackers “exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access,” the statement says. “Regardless of whether your information may have been impacted, we will provide you the option to enroll in TrustedID Premier,” says a special website the company set up to inform the public about the breach. TrustedID Premier is a service the company offers which includes monitoring of […]

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Equifax breached, up to 143 million SSNs and DOBs stolen, all Americans offered credit monitoring

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Massive multinational credit reporting company Equifax has been breached by hackers, with up to 143 million U.S. residents having their names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers stolen from the company’s databases. Although the breach affects just over 60 percent of the adult population of the U.S., it is far from being the largest ever. Two Yahoo breaches revealed last year impacted almost 1.5 billion accounts. But experts said it might nonetheless be the worst, because the consumers affected would all immediately be at high risk of identity theft for the foreseeable future. Unlike when credit card or password information is stolen, consumers cannot change their Social Security number or date of birth. The largest breach of SSNs prior to Thursday was the 2015 Anthem hack of 80 million records. In an unprecedented move, Atlanta-based Equifax said it was offering a year’s free credit monitoring — […]

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