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So your identity has been stolen? Again?

Posted on September 30, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

ISSUE 21.40 • 2024-09-30

ON SECURITY

By Susan Bradley

Not a day goes by that I don’t receive some sort of notification that my name, address, email address, social-security number, credit card, or — well, you get the idea — has been stolen.

So what, if anything, should you do to ensure your identity is safe? Should you subscribe to a dark Web monitoring service? Sign up for credit monitoring, which is typically offered when such an event occurs?

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.40.0, 2024-09-30).
This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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