The hack included 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank-account numbers. Here’s what you should do next.
Capital One Financial Corp. announced late Monday that more than 100 million people had their personal information hacked.
Capital One has offered $125 to anyone whose data was hacked or free credit monitoring for 10 years. However, privacy experts say credit monitoring only looks for changes on a credit report, indicating that someone is using your personal information to open new accounts in your name. but It does not prevent someone taking out a loan in your name.
Capital One has offered $125 to anyone whose data was hacked or free credit monitoring for 10 years. Credit monitoring only looks for changes on a credit report, but does not prevent someone taking out a loan in your name. Be on your toes after a major hack or data breach. Consumers should never give out personal details over the telephone, even if the caller seems to represent Capital One or the email appears to be from a Capital One address.
Last year, Facebook FB, -0.34% announced that U.K.-based Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed 87 million Facebook users’ data. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress and vowed to do more to fix the problem, and help make sure that nothing like that happens again. Cambridge Analytica closed down in the wake of the scandal. Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion.
Security experts generally recommend never re-using security passwords and say people should use two-factor authentication on their phones, which requires a user to put a code sent to a phone or email into an app or website in order to log in from a new device or to change a password. They also say those affected by such hacks should freeze their credit report.1. Check if your accounts have been affected There still aren’t many formal ways to check if your data has been compromised in a breach.
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