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Learn when it's safe to share your Social Security number and what to do if your number and private info were exposed in a data breach. Dan was a writer on CNET's How-To and Thought Leadership teams.

DISA Global Solutions, Inc. (“DISA”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after learning that ...

Reports of the Department of Government Efficiency’s so-called “tech bros” accessing federal systems that hold vast troves of ...

RestorixHealth, Inc. (“Restorix”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office ...

The personal information accessed could have included people’s names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, ...

The database includes millions of Americans who are probably dead but who have no death records. But they generally don’t ...

WE KNOW STAFF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS WERE STOLEN TO DAVONTE CHRISTINE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION COULD NOT PROVIDE AN EXACT NUMBER OF NORTH CAROLINIANS IMPACTED BY THIS BREACH ...

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), which enforces California’s state rules on data protection and privacy rights, known as CCPA, said Thursday that it is seeking a fine of $46,000 ...

A year after it suffered a significant data breach, DISA Global Solutions has began notifying affected individuals of the ...

Altman told The Associated Press, "There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is ... "SSA has data on everyone who has a Social Security number, which is virtually all Americans ...

Samsung said that the recent data breach did not reveal consumers' Social Security numbers or credit and debit card information. Start the new year with a clean slate. Grab a new phone ...