The Consequences of the Data Breach
USA Today says that a big mistake has been made. Someone broke into a company called National Public Data and stole private data. An awful lot of Americans’ names, locations, and Social Security numbers were taken. The hackers can now sell this information to other people, which is a bad thing.
These hackers want to get $3.5 million for this information. The news has also been spread on a website, so a lot of people have seen it. It’s scary that private information about people is being shared without their permission. Hackers might use this knowledge to steal people’s identities, but we don’t know what they’ll do with it.
Stay Safe Online: Essential Steps to Protect Your Identity
How can we keep ourselves safe? When we log in, we should use extra security checks, make sure our passwords are changed, and make sure our antivirus software is up to date. One more thing we should do is check our credit records to see if anyone is using our information. Mail or emails from people we don’t know can also be dangerous because they may try to trick us into giving them more information.
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