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1.5 million Americans hit in massive debt relief service data breach — names, addresses, SSNs and more exposed


What to do now and how to see if you’re affected

As reported by CyberNews, the debt relief firm Set Forth recently suffered a data breach in which hackers were able to gain access to internal documents stored on the company’s systems. According to Set Forth, the full names, Social Security numbers ( SSNs) and dates of birth of impacted individuals may have been obtained by the hackers behind this attack after they gained access to documents stored on the company’s systems. Likewise, you also want to pay close attention when checking your inbox, messages and social media since hackers can use this stolen information or even the data breach by itself as a lure to get you to hand over more info or even your financial details.

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