Corporate hacks and data
breaches happen pretty frequently. Target accidentally gave up our credit card info, then some jerks swiped our email data from Yahoo!. The recent data breach from credit bureau Equifax, however, is different. The scope is staggering, involving over 100 million people. Even more troubling is the fact that social security numbers are included in the leaked data. You can change your email password and get a new credit card, but changing your SSN is a painstaking and often expensive process that can ripple through your entire life. Here’s how to proceed now that those nine pesky digits could be floating around the web.
