Learn why phone numbers are critical to online security, how they’re exposed, and practical steps to reduce misuse, scams, and account takeover risks.

Billions of personal information records may have been exposed in April after a hacking group gained access to records from the background check service National Public Data (NPD), prompting warnings ...

A new lawsuit is claiming hackers have gained access to the personal information of "billions of individuals," including their Social Security numbers, current and past addresses and the names of ...

For anyone trying to keep their personal information secure, recent headlines have been a grim kick in the pants. The harshest came last month when the National Public Data breach was disclosed—the ...

You may have never heard of National Public Data, yet your personal information may have been compromised in the company's recent massive data breach. The background check company, which is owned by ...

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Locking your SSN is one of the best ways to protect yourself from identity theft, and you can do it for free. Geoff Williams Contributor Geoff Williams is a journalist and author. His byline has ...

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Two years ago, I got a new phone number. In the eyes of my social media and ride-hailing apps, Amazon, my bank, and the state of Pennsylvania, that effectively meant I lost my identity. Only recently ...

March 31, 2013— -- Every time you go to a new doctor or dentist and they give you a clipboard brimming with documents to fill out and sign, notice how they always ask for your Social Security ...