After the most recent data breach, many people are wondering: Can you change your Social Security number? Here's what experts say. Thieves are constantly finding new ways to scam people, and ...

While you can’t freeze your Social Security number, you can take steps to protect it, such as blocking electronic access to it and storing your documents in a safe place. Many, or all, of the products ...

Social Security numbers were initially devised in the 1930s to track Americans' earnings and calculate their benefits. Today, they're a nearly universal security feature in a wide variety of accounts, ...

An estimated 2.9 billion records, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers may be affected after National Public Data confirmed it suffered after a massive data breach involving the ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...