Your SSN Is Out There. Deal With It.
10/23/24 • 27 min
How can you keep hackers from getting your Social Security Number? You can't. Between breaches of Equifax, the healthcare industry, and the recent National Public Data leak, your SSN is probably already making the rounds on the dark web. But you can fight back with some simple security measures.
In this episode, we call back to our very first episode on the Equifax breach of 2017, and revisit the lessons learned and how they pertain to cybersecurity today, and in the future.
Resources
- Krebs on Security: NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data
- SBA: COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape
- A Third of Americans Have had Their Social Security Numbers Leaked in Healthcare Breaches
- Usa.gov: How to place or lift a security freeze on your credit report
- Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach
- Watchdogs: SBA handed out over $80 billion in potentially fraudulent loans
- NBC News: 'Biggest fraud in a generation': The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP
- WIRED: LifeLock CEO's Identity Stolen 13 Times
- YouTube: Lifelock Commercial
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How can you keep hackers from getting your Social Security Number? You can't. Between breaches of Equifax, the healthcare industry, and the recent National Public Data leak, your SSN is probably already making the rounds on the dark web. But you can fight back with some simple security measures.
In this episode, we call back to our very first episode on the Equifax breach of 2017, and revisit the lessons learned and how they pertain to cybersecurity today, and in the future.
Resources
- Krebs on Security: NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data
- SBA: COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape
- A Third of Americans Have had Their Social Security Numbers Leaked in Healthcare Breaches
- Usa.gov: How to place or lift a security freeze on your credit report
- Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach
- Watchdogs: SBA handed out over $80 billion in potentially fraudulent loans
- NBC News: 'Biggest fraud in a generation': The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP
- WIRED: LifeLock CEO's Identity Stolen 13 Times
- YouTube: Lifelock Commercial
Can't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Join our Patreon to listen ad-free!
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