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NPD data breach
By: Lurknomore Date: August 19, 2024, 3:57 pm
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Any of you all worried about this news, and scrambling to freeze
credit, etc.?
So far I’m not, but plan to ask financial advisor since have
appt tomorrow.
I’ve had free credit monitoring for years since all my info
including my fingerprints was hacked in 2014 when I worked for
the feds. And we scrupulously check bank accts and credit card
statements.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: kkt Date: August 19, 2024, 4:17 pm
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I guess I won't worry too much about the homeless? guy a
neighbor chased off who was going through people's recycling
looking for envelopes with financial data.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: Aardtacha Date: August 19, 2024, 4:24 pm
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I generally keep my credit frozen unless I'm wanting to apply
for a loan or a card. Once I've done that I lock it down again.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: August 19, 2024, 4:25 pm
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This is another of those things that I can’t get too concerned
about. If it gets me it gets me. But the odds are that it won’t.
I’ve been in so many data breaches now that I can’t even keep
track of all the free credit monitoring I have.
I look at my credit report periodically now that it’s all on
line. I look at my bank statement frequently. My credit cards
all tell me when they are used. What more should I do?
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Re: NPD data breach
By: farmgirl Date: August 19, 2024, 6:10 pm
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When I've been on a hacking list in the past, I've received a
letter offering free credit monitoring for one year and then an
"opportunity" to pay annually for it going forward. It seems
like a scam to me. First you let my personal information be
vulnerable to a hack. And then you want me to pay you to
protect myself.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: kkt Date: August 19, 2024, 8:34 pm
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"Nice little nest egg you've got there. Be a shame if something
happened to it..."
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Re: NPD data breach
By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: August 19, 2024, 9:05 pm
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[quote author=farmgirl link=topic=2975.msg269319#msg269319
date=1724109043]
When I've been on a hacking list in the past, I've received a
letter offering free credit monitoring for one year and then an
"opportunity" to pay annually for it going forward. It seems
like a scam to me. First you let my personal information be
vulnerable to a hack. And then you want me to pay you to
protect myself.
[/quote]
I think the 1 year is required by either law or regulation, not
sure which.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: Lurknomore Date: August 22, 2024, 3:08 pm
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We asked financial advisors about data breach and they said they
weren’t too concerned and had not frozen their own credit with
this most recent headline and attention grabbing revelation.
One had a partner who had frozen hers a few yrs back due to her
taxes not being able to be filed, as someone else had filed
under her SSN! So that’s understandable. I tend to not get super
alarmed and just monitor stuff regularly anyway.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: northbayteky Date: August 22, 2024, 3:34 pm
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I'm less concerned about big data breaches, because I'm not
being targeted. I am more concerned with card scanners at gas
stations. To the point I don't use my debit card unless I
absolutely have to. Otherwise it's a credit card. I'd rather
scammers take someone else's money.
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Re: NPD data breach
By: acl-ny Date: August 22, 2024, 4:43 pm
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[quote author=northbayteky link=topic=2975.msg270000#msg270000
date=1724358858]
I'm less concerned about big data breaches, because I'm not
being targeted. I am more concerned with card scanners at gas
stations. To the point I don't use my debit card unless I
absolutely have to. Otherwise it's a credit card. I'd rather
scammers take someone else's money.
[/quote]
I'll go you one further - I don't even have a debit card!
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