Lawsuit claims hackers accessed billions of records, including social security numbers, by breaching background check company. The hacking group usdod claimed it had stolen personal records, including social security info, of 2.9 billion people from national public data. An earlier version mischaracterized the figure. A class action lawsuit has brought attention to an alleged hack of a data broker and a dataset that contains personal information, including social security numbers. Here are steps you can take to see if your information was stolen and then what to do if your social security number and other personal data were leaked in the massive data hack. Hackers just leaked a bunch of social security numbers
Here's what to know initial reports said hackers stole over 2.9 billion data entries.
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