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fmstrat to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed

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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed

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fmstrat to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago
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Stolen data was then put up for sale on the dark web
  • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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    121•10 months ago

    Oh well I feel at this point every man woman and child already had this done to them in United States and our government not doing shit about it.

    • @thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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      82•10 months ago

      Stack on another “Free monitoring, 2 years”

      • @Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world
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        26•10 months ago

        Just got this bullshit offer from Ticketmaster for one of their breaches and they are only offering 1 year free credit monitoring.

        • Rhaedas
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          38•10 months ago

          I read “free credit monitoring” as allowing your name to get on another list to be sold.

          • @IllNess@infosec.pub
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            6•10 months ago

            Don’t worry. Their is a service that monitors your information that you give credit monitors. You just have to give them your information.

            • @Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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              4•10 months ago

              And I’m sure they’ll delete it in two years so you’re not included in the breach 3 years from now 🙄

          • @Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world
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            5•10 months ago

            Yeah not sure I even care enough to take advantage.

            • @KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
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              13•10 months ago

              Just freeze your credit. It is the simplest and easiest solution. It sucks, but it seems to be the best utensil to eat the shit sandwich we’ve been fed.

              • @anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works
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                8•10 months ago

                It doesn’t even suck that bad. Last time I had to unlock mine, I saw that the previous unlocking had been two years earlier. Each time I have to do it, I set an end date and it automatically relocks. Whole process takes maybe 10 minutes for the big 3 credit bureaus.

        • @ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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          2•10 months ago

          It’s better than the previous class action which got you nothing but a slight discount on a future Ticketmaster purchase to a very select number of concerts.

      • @frezik@midwest.social
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        4•10 months ago

        If I get to use them consecutively, I’m good for a few lifetimes.

      • @lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3•10 months ago

        What if this was just a scheme to get everyone free monitoring

        • @pigup@lemmy.world
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          1•10 months ago

          whoa

      • @tritonium@midwest.social
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        1•10 months ago

        deleted by creator

    • fmstratOP
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      11•10 months ago

      This one is way more than just the US.

    • @SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4•10 months ago

      I get a mailer probably every quarter

      • @KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
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        2•10 months ago

        Hi Steve. Have you heard from Tom? Been a while.

        • @SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2•10 months ago

          Dude’s living fat and happy

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