I did a search and didn't see anything posted about this but find it hard to believe it hasn't been discussed.
This month there was a massive data breach on nationalpublicdata dot com
Social Security numbers, names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers were in the 2.9 billion records within a data breach.
Today I received eight(8) legitimate emails from my data monitoring service and a credit reporting agency that my social security number was found on the dark web. Well, my social security number and much more than that. Shoot
When in the military, I was screened for a secret security clearance. The forms I had to fill out for a background check included every single little fact and number associated with me and my life. I think much of that information has been compromised and made available to the dark web.
I followed links and suggestions presented on my data monitoring service and suggestions found on the credit reporting agency's site. Now I wait and see what happens I guess.
When in the military, I was screened for a secret security clearance. The forms I had to fill out for a background check included every single little fact and number associated with me and my life. I think much of that information has been compromised...
That was way back in 2015 under the Obama regime, OPM was to blame. "They" (China?) got copies of very detailed clearance applications (SF-86), mine was for a TS. Fingerprints, too.
I got the same emails. My MyIDcare password wouldn’t work and now my account is locked. I have to call during banker’s hours but aint nobody got time for that.
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Posts: 864 | Location: Panhandle of Florida | Registered: July 23, 2008
Originally posted by xd45man: I got the same emails. My MyIDcare password wouldn’t work and now my account is locked. I have to call during banker’s hours but aint nobody got time for that.
MyIDcare password worked today thankfully MyIDcare had the exact same suggestions as the Experian site that also sent me emails.
Posts: 4870 | Location: Bathing in the stream of consciousness ~~~ | Registered: July 06, 2008
Originally posted by egregore: There was a thread on a SSN data breach here about a month ago. Is this the same incident, or a second one?
Looks like maybe the same incident based on the link 12131 provided. I thought I remembered seeing something about it here but my search failed to find it. Only today have I received emails(8) concerning my personal data found on the dark web. MyIDcare and Experian emailed me several times today.
Posts: 4870 | Location: Bathing in the stream of consciousness ~~~ | Registered: July 06, 2008
My data has been compromised several times, at least twice by the federal government. I gave up trying to lock down on my own and now subscribe to Lifelock. Yeah, I still do the credit freeze thing, but I feel better with the pros not the job.
Posts: 17291 | Location: Lexington, KY | Registered: October 15, 2006
We froze our credit years ago when the Esperian (?) data leak occurred. Easy to unlock if needed - and can pick 24 hour temp open period. Also use Lifelock - alerts can be a pain but gives some peace of mind.
Posts: 147 | Location: Chapel Hill, NC | Registered: June 17, 2013
Like others I was recently notified that my SSN is on the Dark Web. Years ago, when my late wife and I were notified that our information had been compromised, we decided to lock down what we could by placing freezes on as many accounts as possible (BTW, there are more credit agencies than just the big three). That is about all we as ordinary citizens can do. I use at least two different services to monitor my credit (some paid for when earlier breaches occurred). I put much of the responsibility on the federal government that these breaches continue to occur, each seeming to grow in size. Part of the problem is that none of the firms whose data is breached suffer any financial penalty imposed by the federal or state governments. Proactively, the federal government needs to set standards, best practices, and penalties, such as any company receiving federal dollars, directly or indirectly (via state or local governments) needs to adhere to standards and best practices--or suffer significant penalties otherwise. Currently, we the public pay the price for others negligence.
Posts: 241 | Location: Low Country, South Carolina | Registered: November 28, 2004
