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I am a victim of a data breach, what do I do?
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this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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You can't do anything besides the usual precautions. I get a notice of a data breach in the mail like every 3 weeks from companies who got hacked. It's fucking ridiculous. My social security number has probably been leaked like 900 times. All of ours has
All you can do is:
I would add password manager to that list.
And a service like SimpleLogin for having a different email address per service.
And unless you're using a social network site and you want your followers from other social network to find you there, use a different username too.
I don’t know if it’s the same in the EU, but this is the single biggest thing you can do to protect yourself (I mean besides passwords and such). Freezing your credit makes it much hard to open a line of credit under your name like a random store credit card or such. Please try to do this as soon as you can.
Alias emails. Duck email etc. Duckduckgo extension allows you to create one-click email specifically for whatever bullshit at hand that you can one-click delete later.
We are all in same boat. Ive gotten dozens upon dozens of letters from companies. Most even say, sorry we were hacked 8 months ago. Letting you know all your personal info was stolen.
I'm sure my social security number, work history, previous addresses, relatives, cars I owned, houses...probably how many times I shit per day also.
Just keep your credit permanently frozen until you need it. Keeps credit card offers from your mailbox also....
Shove this verification can up your ass, boy