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Dealing With the NPD Data Breach
The airwaves are alight with news accounts of the National Public Data incident in which an “estimated 3 billion personal records of people and include your name, email address, phone number, Social Security number and mailing addresses” may have been leaked. Technology media website CNET.com recaps the circumstances associated with this breach and provides guidance on steps that anyone concerned with the potential impact on their personal data, including reference sites to check on whether specific data is involved. The article also provides guidance on what individuals can do if they have a suspicion that their data is involved in this breach. Check out the CNET article out here, but, as always, be careful in accessing links to external sites.
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