Social Security Numbers Compromised - What to Do?

[@askleonotenboom]

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[@montystar]

Approximately how long is the que in the questions that you get? If I post a question/suggestion for a topic for your videos/articles via your homepage, how long it takes you to read it? P.s. I used your search tool and I didn't find any answers to my question. I think my question is closely related to this video. Anyway. I will send that question for you tomorrow. Thanks for the very clear and informative videos.

[@askleonotenboom]

@@montystar It varies based on workload, life, and whatever else is going on. Anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

[@MikeNovelli]

You should have a credit freeze on at all times. Remove it only when you require. It is not complicated at all. You do have to plan ahead if you need to unlock it, but it's not extremely complicated.

[@boines]

thing is it's easy to remove this all one needs is your basic info from leaked places ect etc. i have friends who do this but still got loans opened up etc.

[@PlantBasedPietro]

Thanks Leo!!!! you made me feel a little more relaxed about the breach!!! :)

[@verdedoodleduck]

I bookmark all my financial sites and use the bookmark to respond to email information from the institution (and to verify the information in it is legitimate). If the email refers to something like a bill pay 3rd party, I use the bookmark to the (supposedly) initiating company and try to get to the payment or notification from there - I'll call or chat with official help resources from the known site, if I can't verify the information with any other method.

[@a62dave]

My info has been in every data breach I can remember. T-Mobile, Yahoo, the VA, etc. Luckily for me, all my personal information (email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers) on those databases are SO out of date and has been mixed up with several distant relatives to the point where it’s all very inaccurate.

[@tonym6920]

Pray.

[@TheMartinac]

The basic problem is how much information we're required to hand over to corporations and the government. The question is when and how much of it will be leaked, not if. Centralization creates honeypots and central points of failure. We're not really free and sovereign if we do not control our data. It's necessary to be protected against both private and state criminals.

[@ske5225]

not to mention the MEDICAL!!! they dont have security, so all that PRIVATE info gets hacked also~!! since they were required to go to an "online system", then its ALL OUT THERE for anyone to hack or go into!!! TICKS ME OFF!!!! if I wanted someone to know my physical health, tests, etc I'd put it on facebook!!!

[@vinnyfitzgerald8473]

Why are they storing PI in human readable form on computer files? It should not be allowed.

[@irene1655]

Oh yes, my security company informed me my SS number is on the dark web with 2 billion others

[@dead2selfShema]

Leo, I skipped to the "to do" section due to knew the rest. Maybe you covered to FREEZE one's credit reporting on all 3 agencies. Not lock but freeze. It's free by law. Freeze stops new accounts being made. If one wants to make a new account just unfreeze then remember to refreeze.

[@Windjammer712]

Leo… I have a Credit Freeze with the Big Three Credit Bureaus & SS Lock. I use 1Password with long & complicated passwords & notifications when my Debit/Credit cards are used. I’m retired is it possible to “Lock Down” my Medicare Number?

[@bk9873]

I just found your video. Thanks for doing it. You might also recommend people lock their social security number. It’s done through the E-Verify system and will prevent someone (think illegals) from buying all of your data from a hacker and getting a job using that data. Eventually you’ll have IRS problems you don’t want.

[@markanderson2155]

Sound and sage advice in scary times. As I always say be alert and pay attention to everything and everyone.

[@larkc7677]

Great advice, thank you. It’s so infuriating that we take all kinds of precautions to safeguard our data, and corporations like National Public Data allow these kinds of security breaches to happen.

[@askleonotenboom]

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[@doug.s6289]

I'm now more than skeptical...bordering on feeling paranoid and seek info, not react to requests/emails. Any doubt, contact the real source not from the specific received email but in a different legitimate way: call, email direct to xxxx, request from inside real xxxx web site. etc.

[@gregwessels7205]

I heard it was easy to freeze and unfreeze your account. Also, do I need to do this at all bureau's or will one suffice. Yes, I could research this myself but that would help the Leo's YT algorithm.

[@MaxPower-11]

@@gregwessels7205 It needs to be done at all three.

[@katazack]

To freeze, you must contact each credit bureau. It doesn't take that long. If you want to place a fraud alert, you can contact one bureau and it will contact the other two.

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks Leo

[@EMee-i8q]

It's funny that Hackers can access My account, when I've (a Veteran) have been locked out for years because They say My address doesn't match. Hmmm, Yet I vote. So not only don't they send paper statements (like in the past), I have no clue if it really exists anymore.

[@Once_in_a_Lifetime]

Freezing Credit Report does not guarantee anything. Banks don’t have to check Credit Report to open a bank account for anyone!

[@katazack]

You can go to Chex Systems and freeze any new bank account applications, but Chex does not service all of the financial institutions so it is only a partial remedy.

[@AngelaAmaryllis]

If the government worked the way it should, they would have systematically reissued everyone a new social.

[@mebobtheone]

In this case the government needs to be very careful changing it as it should be a lengthy, secure process exactly because of Identity Theft. You don't think the the bad actors aren't already trying to do this? Time wise it is a pain, but I'd want them to be very careful and secure.

[@alwaysthinktwice6612]

The government didn't leak the most damaging data including SSNs. It was NPD in FL last April. In the 1990s the SSA wanted to extend SSNs by 5 digits but the cost nationwide was enormous and not just to the SSA and it was not approved politically. It would take years. Imagine all the systems across the nation having to be updated and the chaos.

[@alwaysthinktwice6612]

BTW this breach was for 2.9B files of info on everyone in the UK, USA, & Canada going back 30 years, even if the person is no longer alive. Do not take this lightly.

[@nigelogilvie9450]

Would someone explain to an ignorant Englishman, why the SSN is so sensitive? I realise that the more peripheral data they have about you (Mother's maiden name, first school, etc) the better it is for them. But why is the SSN so special? I've seen earlier scams I think where scammers sad they had "cancelled" someone's SSN and demanded a ransom. Is there more to it than simply a reference number that officialdom identifies you by? My UK National Insurance Number is too boring to be worth worrying about. Thanks for any help.

[@dead2selfShema]

The SSN is used for credit reporting, getting apartments, mortgage or any type of loan, a job, etc. it used to be used for Medicare but nowadays one gets a Medicare #. Also used to get some bank accounts.

[@MaxPower-11]

The SSN is the only universal person identifier we have in the US (i.e., a unique ID number that is guaranteed to be assigned to practically every man, woman and child legally residing in the USA). As such, it is frequently used by organizations as a convenient attribute that uniquely identifies individuals. For example by banks, credit reporting agencies, medical facilities. Having a unique ID number for each individual person residing within a country is not an issue in and of itself and most countries on earth have some form of unique identifier for their citizens. However, there are a few issues with the SSN. For starters, many organizations that require this number to do business with them operate under the false presumption that only the SSN owner knows what their SSN is and no one else - and as a result use the SSN not just for identification purposes but also for authentication. Another problem is that there is no identity document in the US that includes both the SSN and some kind of biometric identifier. As such, it is quite difficult to prove with near absolute certainty that the SSN one is claiming belongs to them actually does. In turn this lack of ID document makes it easier to commit identify theft.

[@nigelogilvie9450]

@@MaxPower-11 That's very helpful, thank you.

[@patsygodfrey9565]

Everything private about you is connected to your social security number. Which you receive at birth.

[@PhinhHuynh-r9y]

They got on phone and they still do it and they pretended people those work from company. Then they talked to me.

[@PhinhHuynh-r9y]

Roy was not minded see

[@LynetteFord-x7h]

The world is coming to a end what's happening dont know what's on its scarer.

[@PhinhHuynh-r9y]

See my email they got in too.

[@PhinhHuynh-r9y]

I was crazy so so long peoples still did ut

[@vlatkoangelovski2291]

My moms facebook acc got hacked

[@donannsmith5574]

Make a new email and only use it for FB. Keep personal info like phone # and birthdate etc set to private. I put a birthdate that's not exact on FB. Lock down friends also so that only friends can see but not friends of friends or random people.

[@bama1859]

Why did they put a pin number on all Social Security numbers very simple