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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 2 years ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 119 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 81 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Stack on another “Free monitoring, 2 years”

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 4 points 1 year 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 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah not sure I even care enough to take advantage.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 7 points 2 years 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 2 points 2 years 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 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 2 years ago

This one is way more than just the US.