“Another large data breach, and you may be exposed. Here is what to do if you’re concerned.”
Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies
This breach is a big one! According to a report first published Sunday on the tech site Motherboard, criminals claim to have copied more than 100 million subscribers’ account data, including names, physical addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers. While data breaches are now a regular occurrence, experts say this one may be of additional concern given the depth of information stolen and put up for sale on the web. You can take several steps to help protect yourself highlighted here in this piece by Allen St. John for consumerreports.org.