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Over 270 million Americans may have had their social security number leaked on the dark web. The latest breach involved National Public Data, which performs background checks. National Public Data released details last month of an incident believed to involve a third party trying to hack into data in late 2023. Potential leaks of certain data involved names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and mailing addresses in April and this summer.
“Making a credit freeze is something that is free to do, and it's available to consumers, ' said Stransky. 'And it would essentially prevent others, third parties, in this circumstance, criminals, malicious actors, from opening credit lines in their name.'Clevelanders like Evan Tokatyan said these kinds of data breaches are concerning. 'Because your social security number is used for everything. I go get a job. I need a job. I need social security.
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