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 ...

Your Social Security number is the master key to your financial life, so handing it out in the wrong place can invite identity theft, ruined credit and even stolen benefits. I focus on 10 everyday ...

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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, ...

Noncitizens who do not have a social security number can and do use a taxpayer identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to file tax returns, contrary to posts online that ...