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How to protect yourself

Data breaches have been so common over the years, some security experts say sensitive information about you is almost certainly available in the dark corners of the internet. And there are a lot of people capable of finding it; VPNRanks, a website that rates virtual private network services, estimates that 5 million people a day will access the dark web through the anonymizing TOR browser, although only a portion of them will be up to no good.

If you suspect that your Social Security number or other important identifying information about you has been leaked, experts say you should put a freeze on your credit files at the three major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. You can do so for free, and it will prevent criminals from taking out loans, signing up for credit cards and opening financial accounts under your name. The catch is that you'll need to remember to lift the freeze temporarily if you are obtaining or applying for something that requires a credit check.

Placing a freeze can be done online or by phone, working with each credit bureau individually. PIRG cautions never to do so in response to an unsolicited email or text purporting to be from one of the credit agencies — such a message is probably the work of a scammer trying to dupe you into revealing sensitive personal information.

For more details, check out PIRG's step-by-step guide to credit freezes.

You can also sign up for a service that monitors your accounts and the dark web to guard against identity theft, typically for a fee. If your data is exposed in a breach, the company whose network was breached will often provide one of these services for free for a year or more.

As important as these steps are to stop people from opening new accounts in your name, they aren't much help protecting your existing accounts. Oddly enough, those accounts are especially vulnerable to identity thieves if you haven't signed up for online access to them, Murray said — that's because it's easier for thieves to create a login and password while pretending to be you than it is for them to crack your existing login and password.

Of course, having strong passwords that are different for every service and changed periodically helps. Password manager apps offer a simple way to create and keep track of passwords by storing them in the cloud, essentially requiring you to remember one master password instead of dozens of long and unpronounceable ones. These are available both for free (such as Apple's iCloud Keychain) and for a fee.

Beyond that, experts say it's extremely important to sign up for two-factor authentication. That adds another layer of security on top of your login and password. The second factor is usually something sent or linked to your phone, such as a text message; a more secure approach is to use an authenticator app, which will keep you secure even if your phone number is hijacked by scammers.

Yes, scammers can hijack your phone number through techniques called SIM swaps and port-out fraud, causing more identity-theft nightmares. To protect you on that front, AT&T allows you to create a passcode restricting access to your account; T-Mobile offers optional protection against your phone number being switched to a new device, and Verizon automatically blocks SIM swaps by shutting down both the new device and the existing one until the account holder weighs in with the existing device.

Your worst enemy may be youAs much or more than hacked data, scammers also rely on people to reveal sensitive information about themselves. One common tactic is to pose as your bank, employer, phone company or other service provider with whom you've done business and then try to hook you with a text or email message.

Banks, for example, routinely tell customers that they will not ask for their account information by phone. Nevertheless, scammers have coaxed victims into providing their account numbers, logins and passwords by posing as bank security officers trying to stop an unauthorized withdrawal or some other supposedly urgent threat.

People may even get an official-looking email purportedly from National Public Data, offering to help them deal with the reported leak, Murray said. "It’s not going to be NPD trying to help. It’s going to be some bad guy overseas" trying to con them out of sensitive information, she said.

It's a good rule of thumb never to click on a link or call a phone number in an unsolicited text or email. If the message warns about fraud on your account and you don't want to simply ignore it, look up the phone number for that company's fraud department (it's on the back of your debit and credit cards) and call for guidance.

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"These bad guys, this is what they do for a living," Murray said. They might send out tens of thousands of queries and get only one response, but that response could net them $10,000 from an unwitting victim. "Ten thousand dollars in one day for having one hit with one victim, that's a pretty good return on investment," she said. "That's what motivates them."

>>21406629

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Dec 13, 2017 11:35:55 PM EST

Q !ITPb.qbhqo ID: 267271 No. 92710

“Documents from the Obama administration have been transferred to the Barack Obama Presidential Library. You may send your request to the Obama Library. However, you should be aware that under the Presidential Records Act, Presidential records remain closed to the public for five years after an administration has left office.”

RAIDED by the GOOD GUYS (per POTUS).

Shockingly quiet.

No leaks?

Presidential libraries are put in place to retain control over self-incriminating c-doc releases.

Scam!

Review the law.

What is different re: Hussein's PL?

Who controls?

These people really are stupid.

Q

6y, 7m, 4w, 2d, 14h, 41m ago

red folder?

final

NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS

#26233 >>21405619

>>21405637 Starbucks CEO steps down, effective immediately, as Chipotle’s Brian Niccol set to take reins in September.

>>21405642, >>21405697 caught up with Ilhan Omar today as she was leaving a “Ceasefire Now” event

>>21405644 Mike Lindell - "What FrankSpeech Will Be Up to at the DNC?"

>>21405669, >>21406264, >>21406294, >>21406596 Swampenings

>>21405673 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) has identified a network of at least 5,000 inauthentic X accounts (chyna)

>>21405699 X Conversation Between Musk And Trump Generates Over One Billion Views

>>21405714, >>21406444 Tina Peters explains what happened in court

>>21405718 New Jersey Rep. 87 Year Old Democrat Bill Pascrell hospitalized again

>>21405745 Trump shooting task force requests first briefing with key agencies

>>21405748 Explosions reported in Tel Aviv

>>21405764 Tiger Network - Support FREE SPEECH! Thank you for Tora 3 Jim!

>>21405769 Catherine Herridge - Unfiltered and authentic exchange of ideas has power all its own.

>>21405792 Who among us has never honeymooned in China with your wife—and a bunch of minors?

>>21405810, >>21405946, >>21406014 @elonmusk A wall of negative headlines was so predictable. They’re such NPCs

>>21405821, >>21405856, >>21406310 Turning Point Action Launches ‘Commit 100’ Ballot-Chasing Operation, NEEDS Volunteers !! Sign Up

>>21405822 Harris campaign reeeeeeaction to Musk’s interview of Trump.

>>21405885 Tiger Network - have a fresh tora3 world premier vid

>>21405896 UndeadFOIA - Georgia Supreme Court Says Yes We Can

>>21405958 The Honorable Tim Walz, ranking member, Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2011

>>21405974 The Next Full Moon is a Supermoon Blue Moon on Aug 19th

>>21405985 Biden-Harris border crisis endangers the most vulnerable among us CHILDREN

>>21406008 Every full NASA image you see of outer space is an illustration, not a photo.

>>21406057 CNN is now a laugh line - Winning

>>21406096, >>21406291 Multiple Pro Palestine protesters and other activists shut down the 405 freeway in LA

>>21406153 Irish woman visits proposed immigrant plantation site and finds foreign military present.

>>21406100, >>21406101 The Webb Telescope Further Deepens the Biggest Controversy in Cosmology

>>21406106 Australians vs. The Agenda - New government Digital ID scheme called “Trust Exchange"

>>21406286, >>21406543 UAW Fake News charge against Trump, Musk

>>21406324 Iran Signals It's Climbing Down From Israel Attack Plans

>>21406337 1,000 Israeli Settlers escorted by Israeli Police are vled in Jewish Prayer At Flashpoint Mosque

>>21406373 Judge REMOVES RFK Jr. from New York ballot

>>21406405 CUTTING FEDERAL SPENDING Elon Asked PDJT for this last night!

>>21406407 EU Backtracks Censorship Demands of Musk-Trump Interview Amid Election Interference Accusations

>>21406424 Pilot of helicopter that flew into Cairns hotel was member of its ground crew! Weird the day of Sky King?

>>21406435 Oregon National Guard Sends Off 230 Soldiers to Iraq and Syria

>>21406437 Weapons in space: Study suggests path forward for arms control

>>21406443 PF - Air Force super hercules just visited Gitmo

>>21406460 London Stabber from Yesterday Is Romanian

>>21406506 If Pennsylvania’s Elections Are So Secure, Why Did The DOJ Just Launch An Election Fraud Case There?

>>21405739, >>21406511, >>21406515, >>21406533 When cops paintballed houses in 2020 for Walz's covid curfew enforcement

>>21406633, >>21406659 Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American.

fresh bread

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>>21406633

Proper link

>https://www.yahoo.com/news/hackers-may-stolen-social-security-100000278.html?

The rest is garbage.

>>21406427

>What does that make Flynn tho? I can't blv he flipped to the dark side. Trump wouldn't have saved him.

You didn't notice his face… changed…?

How did you not see their changed faces?

How did you not notice the actors masks?

How did you not see the AI malfunction in the videos?

How can you not see the contacts they wear?

How total can Total Information be?

Wasted on the way