From “How to Tell If Your Social Security Number Was Compromised in Massive Data Breach,” Epoch Times, 8/24/2024:
After a data protection company confirmed that numerous Social Security numbers were hacked, several websites have appeared this week allowing people to check if they’ve been compromised in the data breach.
A lawsuit filed in a Florida court against National Public Data alleged that cybercrime organization USDoD hacked the firm and that hackers then put the database for sale on the dark web for $3.5 million. The suit claimed that about 2.9 billion records, including names and Social Security numbers, span at least the last three decades….National Public Data, in a letter and in an online statement, confirmed a data breach…the firm said that 1.3 million people were potentially exposed…. It further confirmed that personal information such as Social Security numbers, mailing addresses, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and other data were compromised in the incident….
How to Check
Since details of the incident surfaced this month, at least two third-party websites have been established to tell whether one’s Social Security number has been compromised in the breach.
One is operated by Pentester, a cybersecurity testing service, which allows a person to type their first name, last name, state, and date of birth….Another site that appeared in the past week or so is www.npdbreach.com, operated by Atlas Privacy, another cybersecurity company….That site allows a person to search via his or her first name, last name, and ZIP code. Or, it allows one to search using his or her Social Security number or phone number.
I clicked on Pentester, and found that my Social Security number had been breached. I then froze my credit at Equifax, Esperian, and TransUnion (note: you can still access your credit report after a credit freeze), as well as purchase a monthly plan at Pentester, which is running a comprehensive security scan to identify and remove my exposed data from the web.
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From what I’ve read, everybody’s SSAN has been stolen and put on the “dark” web. I suspect they are being given to illegal aliens so they can take Americans’ jobs when they get here. It’s all part of the Marxist plan to take down the U.S.A., and it is apparently working.
No doubt someone is selling all our data to illegal aliens.
Took me about 15 minutes to freeze my data.
Good info!
Ha. Don’t have to think about the dark web and my SSN…One of my students stole my purse…over $100 cash, all my credit cards (that he distributed to others, and tried to use) my SS card, Kaiser Health cards, Triple A, my rare blood type ID card….bank cards, credit cards, everything. Since he was under age 14, no law enforcement could legally even question him (this is CA, Ya’ll). He tried to blame it on 2-3 others in successive stories…and those students finally turned on him. He confessed. Punishment: 2 days’ suspension. No restitution. No apologies, no lawful consequence. Took me 6 months to cancel and re-establish accounts that were affected, plus re-establishing my Driver’s license etc etc. A few years ago, we had identity theft with up to $10,000 drained out of our banking and savings accounts …that took up over a YEAR to deal with and get back…at least$500 or more that we could NOT ever recoup due to the rules of those protective services that you buy that you don’t realize……. In CA, you have to check your banking accts and other at least weekly or twice weekly to head off these identity thefts. It’s not just this most recent student-theft that makes us/causes us to close and re-establish accounts almost “regularly.” PITA.
Yes, my family’s accounts were exposed by the ATT breach. My wife found out, and immediately shut down a lot of risks.