But it’s still a good idea to look out for suspicious transactions.

With the T-Mobile hack specifically, it doesn’t seem that payment information, like credit card numbers, were swiped. Having good data practices - like regularly changing and varying passwords, not using public Wi-Fi for sensitive business and not giving out personal information - are helpful.īut most of the battle, Rossman said, is doing the big stuff, like checking your credit report and bank statements regularly. Check your credit report and bank statements “I really think it’s the best defense we have against criminals opening accounts in our names,” Rossman said. That way, when there’s the next inevitable data breach, your credit is already protected. Rossman said it’s good practice to always have a freeze on your credit, which you can temporarily lift when you’re applying for a line of credit. “The big benefit is, if lenders can’t see your report, they’re not going to issue credit it’s going to keep the bad guys out,” he added. could be used to spin up a fake identity or steal your identity to open a credit card that they’re not going to pay back, or some other type of loan,” Rossman said. “That’s really the biggest thing that I would worry about with a breach like this, especially given the information that was taken - Social Security numbers, names, addresses. You can freeze your credit online at no cost through each of the three main credit bureaus - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. This stops lenders from being able to see your credit report, making it impossible to open new accounts in your name. So assuming that your data has been leaked already is a good idea.

Shocking breach that exposed the data of 143 million Americans in 2017. That’s because there have been quite a few big data breaches over the last several years, including credit-reporting firm Equifax’s Assume your data is already out thereĮven if your data wasn’t among the 48 million exposed accounts, it’s good practice to just assume that your data is already out there, said Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst at. Here’s what you should do if you think that your personal data could be compromised. It’s also offering two years of free identity protection services. T-Mobile said it is continuing its investigation, and has already reset some account PIN numbers that were exposed. Previously: T-Mobile investigating claim of data breach affecting nearly all its U.S. users - the company only confirmed about half of that. While the hacker claimed to have data on more than 100 million customers - which would be nearly all of T-Mobile’s U.S. A hacker on an online forum over the weekend claimed to be selling T-MobileĬustomers’ private data.

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