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Originally Posted by Crowbob
So the entire planet is going to back its way out of eCommerce? Apparently, nothing in cyberspace is totally secure and it's probably not even possible to go totally off-line, anyway.
This happened back in May, IIRC. For 4 months nobody knew their info had been stolen. Who knows how much fraudulent activity has already gone on?
And what's worse is that the people who used discipline and hustle to get their great credit scores will be the most affected by this breach. Nobody is gonna steal anybody's bad credit.
Somebody needs to tell me when it's time to panic.
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My thoughts, exactly, but panic will do you no good.
It comes down to this, IMO, we have to look at ID theft as we do residential burglary. In this case, thieves have the
key to your front door and
we cannot change the lock by getting a new SSN. The only thing we can do is put alarms on all the doors and windows (fraud alerts), chains on all the doors (security freeze on credt), continually monitor these defenses (get your credit reports regularly), and notify the authorities if someone is trying to gain entrance.
Our best hope is, much like residential burglary, thieves tend to hit targets that have weaker defenses. Make your defenses obvious and you may be by-passed.