A massive breach exposed millions of Social Security numbers and personal details. To protect yourself, monitor your credit score, bank accounts, and credit card transactions. Consider locking your credit. Be extra careful with emails, especially those exposing personal information. ...
such as your Social Security number, was included in this breach. From here, the service may be able to guide you through steps to take going forward. PCMag,
The Washington State Administrative Office of the Courtsannounced this weekthat its Web site was the subject of a “security breach,” one which has caused as many as 160,000 social security numbers and up to one million driver licenses to be accessed. “We regret that this breach has occur...
Last week I wasn't feeling well because my personal data—name, Social Security number, address—had been compromised by a hacker break-in at my undergraduate alma mater. Many people wrote to try and make me feel better by sharing their experiences with their own personal data losses. While...
(NewsNation)— A leading education technology firm was the target of a data security breach last month, potentially exposing millions of students and teachers’ sensitive data including Social Security numbers and medical information. PowerSchool, the largest provider of cloud-based education s...
The press release went on to say that the university is working with forensic professionals to improve its overall security system, including increasing data access control measures and reducing the number of authorized users to databases with sensitive information...
While the breached information varies depending on the individual, it may include your name and Social Security number. On August 16, 2022, Service By Medallion sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident. More...
-SSN (Social Security Number) Alex Holdenand his security consulting firmHold Security LLCwere instrumental in identifying and analyzing the attack server. Holden said that if the attackers had at least 11 weeks to access systems within the NW3C, they probably already have all of the data of ...
a criminal could take over your account or use credential stuffing to access any account where you reused that password.Scammerscould use your information to target you with scams you’re more likely to fall for. And if it exposes information like your Social Security Number, they could steal...
Accounts are typically compromised when a bad actor has access to your login credentials (username and password) or a device that you’re logged into. There are a number of ways this could happen: You recently signed into your account from a public computer or a shared device and you didn...