More than bank account information, which can be fairly easily changed, this breach
affected social security numbers, names, addresses, and dates of birth.
Not exact matches
«We believe that hackers have every
affected person's
Social Security number (s), military records and veterans» status information, address, birth date, job and pay history, health insurance, life insurance, and pension information; age, gender, race, union status, and more,» Cox wrote.
No grade transcripts, credit card
numbers or medical information was stolen, but the hackers did take off with
Social Security numbers of
affected people.
In June, the office had disclosed an earlier breach
affecting 4.2 million such workers, which included performance reviews as well as
social security numbers for federal employees.
The higher figure does not
affect the estimated
number of federal employees who had their sensitive information, such as
social security numbers and SF - 86
security clearance forms, compromised in the attacks, OPM said in its news release.
It said the company has no evidence that contact information,
Social Security or
Social Insurance
numbers, driver's license
numbers, or personal identity
numbers associated with the cards were
affected by this issue.
For months, a hacker group hoovered up the credit giant's prized data: including names, birth dates, addresses, and
Social Security numbers, in an attack that likely
affected almost half the U.S. population.
They didn't have their
Social Security numbers compromised — unlike the 145.5 million Americans
affected by the Equifax data breach last year.
Recommendation: The Acting Commissioner of
Social Security should direct the Deputy Commissioner of Budget, Finance, Quality, and Management to regularly track the
number and rate of date errors, which can
affect benefit payments (e.g., incorrect cessation dates), and consider including those errors in its reported CDR accuracy rates.
The inquiries that may
affect your credit score are those by new credit grantors to whom you have given your
social security number along with explicit authorization to check your credit.
RocketLoans will also ask for your
Social Security Number so the lender can perform a soft credit check (this will not
affect your credit score).
The breach
affected 143 million consumers and the hackers accessed
Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses, and driver's license
numbers.
Heads up, if the application asks for your full
social security number, it might perform a «hard pull» on your credit, which may
affect your score and your chances of approval.
PaymentBanc does require a credit recommendation based solely on your
Social Security Number; however, the recommendation does not
affect your credit score.
If you shared the same
social security number with many other individuals, then their credit choices - e.g., how much they spend, whether they pay their bills on time, etc. - would
affect your own credit score (since you're all sharing the same
social security number).
In fact, your own credit habits could be impeccable, but if one or more of the individuals sharing your
social security number engaged in poor credit practices (e.g., regularly making late payments), your own credit score would be negatively
affected.
Cyber hacking attacks have risen drastically in the last while, with hackers targeting companies that hold very sensitive data such as
social security numbers, credit card
numbers, passwords etc, the latest being Equifax which
affected millions of users.
I also have a
number of specific concerns about the consistency of the income management regime with the rights to
social security, privacy and non-discrimination; the consistency of the alcohol management regime with the right of non-discrimination; and the absence of effective participation of Indigenous people in decision making that
affects them.