In early June rumors of the largest data leak in history started swirling around the corners of the internet. By the middle of the month the news was out, a Florida based company called “National Public Data” had been hacked and all it’s data posted on the internet.
Now I had never heard of this company before, but apparently this small Florida company had the address, phone number and social security number of almost every single American. That information is now published on the internet for every scammer that wants.
However a small portion of Americans are missing from the file that was stolen from National Public Data. National Public Data had been honoring deletion requests from the company Privacy Guardian.
So fortunately for all Privacy Guardian customers their social security numbers were not part of this massive data leak.
This is what the CEO of Privacy Guardian, Jon Chambers, has to say about it:
It’s incredibly unfortunate that this data leak exposed so many social security numbers. We are glad our members were protected but we are still actively working on getting this information deleted from the internet to protect everyone. Unfortunately this kind of thing is going to keep happening and why I founded Privacy Guardian to protect people from data leaks like this.
Privacy Guardian is a service that helps people get there personal information out of data brokers hands and off the internet. By making legally binding deletion requests Privacy Guardian forces data brokers to delete with the threat of litigation.
For those of us that were not already members of Privacy Guardian we need to do 2 things right now.
- Freeze your credit with the credit bureaus so no one can use your social security number to get fraudulent loans in your name.
- Signup with a service like Privacy Guardian to get our information away from other data brokers.
Right now Privacy Guardian is running a special to help everyone that was impacted by this massive data leak.
You can signup for over 50% off the normal price of $300 per year for a limited time.