Follow up video here: ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html Here’s the FTC article I was reading from: consumer.ftc.gov/articles/what-know-about-credit-freezes-and-fraud-alerts 8-16-25 Edit: here’s a local news agency that found a way to look up your info and see if you got hacked: ktla.com/news/local-news/check-now-was-your-ssn-exposed-in-huge-data-leak/ Please note: i misspoke in the opening line of the video. Obviously there aren't 2.9 billion Americans. The leak was apparently 2.9 billion records. I assume each adult working in the US could have multiple records. Also, the database could have kept records of deceased people conceivably. Also, the company that was hacked was used in the US, Canada, and the UK to make background checks happen so the number of records is not limited by the current population of the US. (people in the comments seem to think this is political in some way, I neither meant it to go that direction nor do I see political indicators in the articles I read) Also at 1:00 in the video I edited the audio wrong so it gets super loud! So sorry about this especially to headphone users. Finally, and hopefully my last error: I do some terrible mental math to calculate that the value of a persons private info is $1, but that's wrong since we are talking about 2.9 BILLION records, so the better math would be that each record was for sale for about $0.0012. Even if I had 10 records for sale in the database, I'd only be worth 1 penny, not 1 dollar. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for watching! Other sources reporting on this: - www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-08-13/hacker-claims-theft-of-every-american-social-security-number - www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/hackers-may-have-leaked-the-social-security-numbers-of-every-american-150834276.html - www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13745509/Hackers-stolen-Americans-Social-Security-numbers.html - www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-number-leak-npd-breach-what-to-know/ - news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/background-check-data-of-3-billion-stolen-in-breach-suit-says
now i could be wrong but its actually not that bad, i recommend this video for true information. 3 Billion Social Security Numbers Leaked On The Dark Web
Also, I misspoke at the start of the video saying 2.9 billion Americans. It’s 2.9 billion records. I imagine a working adult could have multiple records to their name. And the hacked company worked in multiple countries. (Somehow the number discrepancy seems political to many people but I don’t see an indication of that in the articles) - Also watch out for the 1:00 mark in the video I will disfigure your eardrums by accident, poor audio editing. - Also also $3.5 million to sell the info divided by 2.9 billion records is closer to $0.0012 per record. So even if I had 10 records stolen, I’m only worth a penny to the criminals.
This is a horrible we all going to lose everything and be in debt. 2.9 Billion is UK, Canada and America. Credit Cards, Mortgage, Rentals, Car registration, Everything and everyone will pay and have money stolen in their name.
Does it matter about the number or the fact that the UNITED STATES IS A FUCKING JOKE CUZ FUCK THEM NUMBERS HOW ABOUT WE BECOME PROTECTED ABOUT OUR MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
Since Addresses, Names and SSNs are so often leaked, then we should make it a law that NONE of those pieces of data are used to secure accounts going forward.
Now, THAT would be legislation I could get behind. Well, if you're trying to open an account for something, your name will probably be needed. But your SSN? Nope. That shouldn't be required. So, I agree with you; good point.
@@BillyBlaze7 Nice 'logic' fail there. I'm for logic and rationality. It is stupid to do irrational things like rely upon things that you know are not reliable. And to that point, it becomes patently illegal to do so.
@@UnknownMusicianIt’s one agency, if you want to do a fraud alert, but you have to contact all three, if you want to put a freeze on your credit data.
Agree. The agencies are supposed to protect our data. Why is the burden on us, to ask them for extra protection? All the credit data should either be frozen and unfrozen when needed or, at a minimum, a fraud alert should be on every account and not have to be renewed every year.
Social Security cards should include your picture so lending institutions have ability to spot a fraud. The new picture card is not used as an I.D it’s basically for getting ,loans but the picture is an added layer of protection.
I said it when I was 22, why on earth are the credit bureaus and the alike allowed to be self governing. I’m now 39 and I am NOT SHOCKED by any of this news.
Well, there was also a massive hack of the OPM (federal employee database) years ago. So, I wouldn’t consider the Feds a bastion of security. And, credit bureaus are regulated. They just suck, anyway. Hackers are going to hack until the likelihood of getting caught is significant and the penalties are extremely severe. Like capital punishment level severe.
They will act on it for sure, but not in a way that helps us. Never let a good crisis go to waste, is how they'll react. It'll be used to further their control at our detriment, tell me how I'm wrong. EDIT: And no, we should get "free credit monitoring for the rest of our lives" not this five year trash. For the remainder of my credit file's life.
@@houndlander oh I didn't know Biden was still working I thought he quit. Good to hear, but I'll believe it when I see it. Edit to say a stimulus check will be a bandaid. Like pulling skin off your face to fix a sore on your hand. But thanks I like money.
The government probably was involved in the leak. Problem, reaction , solution. It will be their excuse to get everyones info and finances on digital blockchains. Which if you actually are paying attention is coming 💯%.
@@VHangout yep! And even those companies you have to be wary of because you’re entrusting them with your personal information that they themselves (the company) can steal and use for their benefit.
@@tiaveeAnd those companies themselves get hacked. The state gave us all a year of the company's service, the company themselves got breached 3 months later and gave us an extra month for it. I assume by default it's going to be used at some point so I just don't "do" credit on anything. When it gets used, it'll be pretty obvious.
That feeling when a person can’t count high enough to understand there’s not enough trees in the world to live by paper anymore. They’re trying to get rid of toilet paper because there’s not enough trees for us to wipe our Hiney.
@@SheepAmongG.O.A.T You’re explaining life on earth as it’s always been since the dawn of time. Everything has always been that way. The advent of the industrial revolution… Go back and look at old newspapers screaming that the cotton gin was going to ruin the entire world. 😂
The bigger problem is the kids SSNs. They don't usually get credit until they are 18 or so, but by then their SSN may have already been used and destroyed. Good luck fixing that 10 years later.
Get rid of credit cards. Why do we have to have a credit check when our government is further in debt then anything else on this planet? Bet you anything that info wasn't stolen and sold it was just sold by our own government.
That happened to me when i was 10. My sister's and my social security cards were in our mom's purse when it got stolen. So when i enlisted into the army 10 years later i had to talk to a federal agent about some suspicious stuff associated with my social. At the time i didnt know my social got stolen so my mom had to talk to the agent and explain what happened. Thankfully everything got settled and i was able to enlist
Federal Government needs to held accountable for this as well as the company's involved... It's just another major reason that the Government taking everything digital including currency needs to be stopped, rolled back and prevented from EVER happening!
They need to make hoarding data to the point of becoming a target, a crime. That data needs to be purged regularly, down to name and phone number IF THAT.
Always thought it was strange that the Govt. tells you guard this number like your life... then requires us to write it on just about every transaction we do!
This is exactly why I said "f**k it" like 10 years ago and just decided to work for farmers who don't care about dumb government crap. Cash is cash.. and even that will be gone before I die.
How many of the new SSN's could be stolen by theifs via mail, or intercepted via e-mail though. It would probably just cause more problems. The system is already hacked, so they would likely have access to the new ones too.
As a network engineer I can say this with %100 certainty. Your SSI number was stolen years ago. Anthem lost ALL its Data including medical records and SSI numbers in 2006(I was there)
Yeah, and were they held accountable to the degree that this breach hurt the public? Anth still exists. If their very existence was in jeopardy, they would be far more serious about it, like maybe demand a custom O.S. for their security system that no one else has. I mean a ground up build not some modded O.S.
It's ridiculous that we must be the ones to do all this stuff. It should be on the lender to verify verify and reverify if they're giving someone credit
To those saying "why the government doesnt freeze everyone's SSN or credit?" Here's why: In a debt and credit based economy like USA, putting a freeze on everyone's credit will cause the biggest economic collapse in history of America. Loans and mortgages need to be issues constantly to keep citizens working like a sheep and prop up the economy.
NO ONE needs to access credit reports. Didn't need them before they came out with credit bureaus and can get by without them. FAR too much is contingent on one's credit score.
@@km-bo3zx Freezing will NOT protect you. They sell all your personal info anyway. Governments always have unfettered and secret access to everyone's credit information. What did people do long before SS numbers, credit bureaus, and credit scores?
Learn what a credit note means NOTING a promise to pay that your dollar become a us national America is a corporation dam your the stock market-the mark 😂sorry 😞 😂can't help but be mad and laugh because we have been fooled into being a courp to the corporate don't worrie they got us natives again also that should make people happy
The question really is, who DOESN'T ALREADY have your social security number. Every doctor or dentist you ever visited, every hospital you have been in, every one of your utility companies you have ever patronized, your credit card companies, your bank(s), probably car dealerships, your mortgage holders, etc. etc. In the 90s I knew a guy that purchased and sold several real estate properties. He told me EVERY SINGLE PAGE of the voluminous mortgage papers had his and his wife's SSN pre-printed on them along with the page number. At the time I figured there were probably mud huts in some third world country with their mortgage papers used as wallpaper on the walls.
The true reparations. All the gov officials tied to wasting our taxpayer money and leaking our private information have to work blue collar jobs and pay it all off, I'm sure then they would want term limits 😂
See the horror is that if they did that we would all suffer. We are in debt as a country, it come back in crippling taxes for the next this and the next generations.
@marciamartins1992 think about it... "Social" security. If you saved that money in a high interest account for your entire life, you would not have to worry about it at retirement. It's a "Socialist" system in place. Read a book called "The Creature from Jekyll Island." It will enlighten you on this scheme cooked up back in the days Social security was created.
Identity theft is 100% the fault of whatever business fell for the fraudsters using someone elses identity, and then pushing the blame onto the victim rather than recognize their own failure and responsibility, making them ad hoc accomplices in the fraud and therefore guilty of libel and slander if they negatively impact their victims credit by publically declaring that a false debt is owed.
I think these companies are safe from that because of laws on the books protecting them from lawsuits, at least that's what I learned from the limited research I've done. Very much would like to know that I'm wrong about that but I haven't looked deeper into it.
@@jasziegl8983 the police cannot catch scammers so they do not want to write a report on it otherwise they have a bunch of open cases. Save your stack of evidence because they want 10 pieces of some type of hacking before they will even accept your case. You can also prove that it wasn’t you that way you don’t have to pay fines.
@@Windstorm7x7-wl8ko if you don’t have $250,000 over in the bank, it is covered by the federal insurance. I’ve gotten my money back so fast within three or four days. They said they don’t cover it if you don’t report it for over 10 days.
Lol love seeing these comments. It's like saying a rapist shouldn't be held accountable if the woman was out late at night. When that thief and the victim are facing God, who do you think God is going to blame. The one guilty of the crime. Stop being an I D 10 T. Stop shilling for criminals. Maybe you are one yourself.
@@user-zu5do6ri6r We give this information to companies when we apply for credit, bank accounts, apartments, etc, so it’s quite possible they got it from us, on behalf of those companies. I don’t know the details & agree it’s worth knowing. There’s no reason to assume the government was involved, without knowing.
That's what they want us to believe. Our own govt. prolly had it done for what is coming. They will then blame another country just as our own govt gave alqueada guns, bombs, etc. so they could take out Gaddafi and then our own govt turned on al queada
Ever since I made the career change from healthcare to cybersecurity I see things in such a different way. Ppl have no idea the amount of activity taking place to protect our information and how aggressive hackers are. I’m so embedded in cybersecurity it’s so important!
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Why do I have to do this? Why are these corporations not held accountable????
The number isn't 2.9 billion people. Americas population by itself is about 340 million people. Social Security numbers are a nine digit number. The maximum SS numbers can only be 1 billion. The information I read said it was 2.9 billions rows of information NOT people. Having said that millions of Americans will still be effected and how bad it gets remains to be seen.
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Your credit might be bad but your identity is worth millions, there are people whiling to pay hundreds of thousands for a clean slate on a verified identity.
That doesn't mean that someone won't use your Social Security identity for getting a job, renting, fraudulently filing for tax refunds, applying for your social security payments (if you don't have a social security online account). If they have your identity then commit a crime in another state or city then you get pulled over for a routine traffic stop and the officer sees a warrant for your arrest they would have to arrest you. So it's pretty serious.
Its scary to see the big major news networks not reporting on this. You see LA Times, USA Today, and the small networks doing so, but no CNN, no NYT, no AP. I think this shows that they’d rather keep it down low for some political reason
Fox didn’t either, they’re still rubbing one out over the going senile five-times draft-dodging, twice-divorced cheating on each wife with the next between prostitutes and porn stars with kids at home, six-times bankrupt failed steaks, casino, airline, and fraudulent university fired reality star who uses orange makeup, 4” lifts, and adult diapers looking to bring fascism to the US.
I hate how my identity is forced on legal documents. I want to escape from this government responsibility. This government has not and will not in my lifetime serve me in any way that will bring me fulfillment.
I did the credit freeze years ago when Experion got hacked. Back then it cost $5 for each agency, but a new law requires them to do it for free now. Just dont lose the passwords you create for each agency, and keep those passwords in a secure location.
@@Hugh_Jassle You really didn't though, Dunning-Kruger, but I'm sure you feel better after having regurgitated the same nonsense that many other idiots do 🙃
This seems to be the norm for data security: use inadequate or poorly maintained data security measures; after the inevitable hack, place the responsibility on the citizen; provide fraud insurance to the minority who jump through the hoops; accept that as a cost of doing business while most people are left unprotected. C'mon!
If you want to guess the conspiracy aspect…..I wonder if a lot of these places not protecting their info who eventually get hacked actually own or own portions of the credit monitoring companies. Its all a shell game. We are the idiots who are forced to be the pawns.
There are only 300+ million Americans, how are there 2.9 billion Social security numbers? CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT should be filed against NATIONAL PUBLIC DATA. As well, ANY company or corporation that holds anyone's data when they are no longer with that company or have any business dealings with the previous company should also face a class action lawsuit if there was a data breach. This is happening FAR too frequently and causes a great havoc and financial loss on the individuals affected by this egregious abuse of not protecting one's private and critical information such as the social security details! Americans are already under stress and this is compounding it even more.
2.9 billion records for people across multiple countries. I misspoke at the start and called it out in the edit but it’s still confusing, sorry for that! And not everyone has to be alive apparently
@@DRventura333 I have a FILE FULL of legal notices of Cybersecurity data breaches where my data was included in Hacks. I filed an FBI CYBERSECURITY REPORT and have an ID #
@@BrendanEvan SSN is an American thing, other countries have their own versions. the 2.9 is total data, including addresses and such, the actual number of SSNs in that number is likely about a billion which covers everyone alive and dead since SSNs were implemented in the US
It should be illegal for any company to use or store your social security number for any reason. I get requesting it to verify identity when doing background checks or credit checks, but that info shouldn't be stored perpetually. It doesn't matter what encryption method they use, once some third party has a database with that info, it's at risk of being stolen.
As a person who once worked in Military Intelligence, I can tell you with absolute certainty that all the so-called remedies they offer you are a fart in a stiff wind!
It won’t be. First of all what are you gonna do? Sit on hold for five days because everyone in the USA is trying to freeze their credit at the same time? Second of all, if everyone in the USA froze their credit overnight. Do you know what kind of financial insanity that would cause and all the markets would crash? They’re not even going to allow that to happen. And if everybody gets hacked, they’re just going to have to do what they did during Covid and let everybody off of their bills and so forth until it gets worked out. The punishment system only works when it is a few bad apples… But when it’s the whole bushel basket, they have to throw the whole thing out and start over somehow. Don’t panic. This is what everybody should’ve been prepping for. I can’t really feel empathy for people who haven’t.
@@BrendanEvan I think once you have associated your email address and phone number to your credit bureau info it makes it significantly harder for someone else to gain access
I'm not so sure. I've experienced a social engineering attempt once where a fraudster had spoofed my banks telephone number. I won't go into detail but the point is who can say for sure if someone gets your new data they can't spoof into the accounts. With automation tools like local housed AI now coming to market the whole security issue is going to get harder.
@@betawolfhd if you're a victim of identity theft someone can use your SSN to apply for jobs in your name even though you don't work there, basically you can prevent them from doin so by locking the SSN
How did they steal "billions" of social security numbers? The Social Security Administration does not reuse Social Security numbers. It has issued somewhere around 450 million since the start of the program. Were the other 1.5 billion or more issued to non USA people?
I showed a correction on screen at that point, mentioned it in a pinned comment and the description, and about 150 comments. Sorry you missed it and sorry I misspoke! Turns out the articles are even confusing. They say 2.9 billion people when really it’s 2.9 billion records. So you or I might have 10 or 20 records each because of various background checks etc. not to mention deceased people left over in their records.
The hacked information was scraped from the web and is of no substantial importance. The information was already available. The news articles ALL say "may." SSNs "may" have been exposed. Read up on the company that was hacked and how they obtained data. They are web scraping and your SSN has not been exposed in this incident. Content creators like this should be shut down for perpetuating lies that cause undue stress
Thanks for watching! This video was super short so I did a ton of research and made a follow up video here answering your questions! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
Sounds like somebody should be held accountable. Accountability is the problem we have in today's environment. Thank You for your help and we need to stand together. This is how we do it.
Whoever in the Government gave our most private information to protect needs the woodchipper touch. Same for the people in the private company who was tasked with guarding so much vulnerable data.
Yeah, someone got my information and ALSO opened a credit card and banking account and business in my name. I moved fast but I didn't really know what to do. i just froze my credit. Thanks for this video. it will help people.
Years ago I put a lock on my credit reports. I did this because everyone and their dog was looking at my credit report, and I was tired of anyone messing with it when I was not applying for credit. The locks can be removed whenever you need to, if you are purchasing something and need that information available to them. Afterwards, you can put the lock back on. You can do this online for all three credit reports or just one or two.
Wow. All of MY information, which apparently is worth millions, is stolen. I am now at risk indefinitely.... and all I get is an...... "oopsie"? Awesome.
They can push it all they want, I will not get one.. if I can't buy, sell, or trade, I will know biblically where we are and off-grid hunting my own food begins. If it's not the mark, it's close behind. Forehead or right hand and don't think it doesn't have to be a mark in those locations on a digital photo for the ID.
@@theodoreB8061 I feel for the young Christians that have kids. Can they watch their kids starve, or get taken away and given to a gov-ment camp or family?
It looks like we're gonna have to pay a monthly $20 to $30 subscription fee to lock our credit. To me, the scam is with the 3 credit providers. Lets all be honest and open, Its the perfect scam.
Correct, experian wants 4.99 a month just to freeze there OR all 3 for 24.99. BS I will take my chances on a hack. I don't have THAT kind of money right now.
No, they don't, that's their other services they are using as an upsell. A credit freeze is free. Credit monitoring is not. A LOT of people have made this comment.
@@BrendanEvan did you have to phone them to freeze it or were you able to freeze it online? If you don’t mind if I ask which of the three credit report websites do you use?
The question is, if the credit freeze and fraud alert are so important and everyone should have them, *_why wouldn't the credit bureaus have them in place already._* Why on earth would they make every working person have to CALL THEM to have their information protected?? Isn't that their JOB?
Has nothing to do with that. This is year one of the biggest breakthroughs in A.I. technology EVER. And A.I. is going to get even more advanced extremely quickly. This is due to advances in A.I. tech and the corporate oligarchy being incompetent
How do we know beyond a doubt that THIS company didn’t hack it in order to get people hooked on THEIR content for a “year” and then BAM! We get bamboozled?!
Thank you for this video! This helps a lot. Seeing how you broke down the information, it sounds ridiculous now, but thank you so much for making this video
THIS is why the ridiculous new Corporate Transparency Act is a disaster. It requires owners of small businesses to file a report with the gov listing name, home address (not biz address), SS #, driver’s license, passport, photo, etc. What could possibly go wrong? And, of course, the bad guys it purports to catch will have complied, right??? Definitely a tool toward digital ID & all the control it affords the baddies.
Well…what bothers me about this is, SSNs were never supposed to do the kind of heavy lifting that we’re making it do, as far as identification numbers go. And since every American got affected, what would a country do to fix this? How feasible would it be to give everyone a new SSN, or would be like putting a band-aid over the problem because that’s just a new number that could get stolen in a future data breach?
2.9 billion (est.) records were leaked; the exact number of people exposed is not yet determined but estimated to be much lower due to several factors.
I just called to set the freezes up. I think my biggest concern is the info I just provided to freeze my credit is the same information I need to pause the freeze or unfreeze it, right? And isn't that the information that was leaked? Is there anything stopping someone else from just unfreezing it? I'm pretty sure only one of the automated voices said I would be mailed a pin and to hang onto it cause I would need it to lift the freeze.
I thought about this too. I did it via their online stuff though not via a call center. If you can unfreeze via a automated call center that's pretty bad.
In a debt and credit based economy like USA, putting a freeze on everyone's credit will cause the biggest economic collapse in history of America. Loans and mortgages need to be issues constantly to keep citizens working like a sheep and prop up the economy.
So just add a third digit in everyone's numbers. The gov could easily do that for free really fast digitally. But of course why would they want to do that. amiright
@@PChazman1 I meant add a third digit in the middle numbers. At least in the US the format is xxx-xx-xxxx. So I am saying how hard is it to just add a third digit to the middle numbers. Everything is digital, and making 1 digit changes to everyone's number would not be a hard thing to do.
To my understanding, it was 2.9 billion records were stolen... I used the Pentest utility online, I found out that MY IDENTITY was hacked along with a few of my friends and family... My nephew WASN'T... or at least non of his records show up with the Pentest tool. There were at least 12 separate records under my name were found. It's NOT 2.9 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, it's 2.9 records that were stolen... but that is an enormous amount of records.
What about whenever they hack each of the three credit bureaus log ins. Takes the freeze off your account. Changes your password on you and continue to open credit accounts without you having the ability to get into your credit bureau online account These free credit lock are about as useful as a mall cop…
I had my identity stolen summer of 2020 and had to learn about the credit bureaus and how your credit was just out in the open the hard way 😑Luckily for me I caught it really early and was able to get everything frozen before much damage was done. It still blows my mind that your credit isn't automatically frozen, and I feel like no one really tells you this!
Put your SS# on "lock down" where you need a PIN# to apply for credit or use it for anything. I did this years ago. You have to call all the credit agencies, but it takes no time, and it's worth it for peace of mind.
Would be nice if companies that use the “last 4 of your SSN” to not use that starting today to avoid scammers calling and claiming they are someone that they are not. Because for some reason it’s easier to fake someone than for the real person who’s identity was stolen to claim they are that person 🤦🏻
Follow up video here: ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
Here’s the FTC article I was reading from: consumer.ftc.gov/articles/what-know-about-credit-freezes-and-fraud-alerts
8-16-25 Edit: here’s a local news agency that found a way to look up your info and see if you got hacked: ktla.com/news/local-news/check-now-was-your-ssn-exposed-in-huge-data-leak/
Please note: i misspoke in the opening line of the video. Obviously there aren't 2.9 billion Americans. The leak was apparently 2.9 billion records. I assume each adult working in the US could have multiple records. Also, the database could have kept records of deceased people conceivably. Also, the company that was hacked was used in the US, Canada, and the UK to make background checks happen so the number of records is not limited by the current population of the US. (people in the comments seem to think this is political in some way, I neither meant it to go that direction nor do I see political indicators in the articles I read)
Also at 1:00 in the video I edited the audio wrong so it gets super loud! So sorry about this especially to headphone users.
Finally, and hopefully my last error: I do some terrible mental math to calculate that the value of a persons private info is $1, but that's wrong since we are talking about 2.9 BILLION records, so the better math would be that each record was for sale for about $0.0012. Even if I had 10 records for sale in the database, I'd only be worth 1 penny, not 1 dollar. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for watching!
Other sources reporting on this:
- www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-08-13/hacker-claims-theft-of-every-american-social-security-number
- www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/hackers-may-have-leaked-the-social-security-numbers-of-every-american-150834276.html
- www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13745509/Hackers-stolen-Americans-Social-Security-numbers.html
- www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-number-leak-npd-breach-what-to-know/
- news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/background-check-data-of-3-billion-stolen-in-breach-suit-says
now i could be wrong but its actually not that bad, i recommend this video for true information. 3 Billion Social Security Numbers Leaked On The Dark Web
Also, I misspoke at the start of the video saying 2.9 billion Americans. It’s 2.9 billion records. I imagine a working adult could have multiple records to their name. And the hacked company worked in multiple countries. (Somehow the number discrepancy seems political to many people but I don’t see an indication of that in the articles)
- Also watch out for the 1:00 mark in the video I will disfigure your eardrums by accident, poor audio editing.
- Also also $3.5 million to sell the info divided by 2.9 billion records is closer to $0.0012 per record. So even if I had 10 records stolen, I’m only worth a penny to the criminals.
This is a horrible we all going to lose everything and be in debt. 2.9 Billion is UK, Canada and America. Credit Cards, Mortgage, Rentals, Car registration, Everything and everyone will pay and have money stolen in their name.
Does it matter about the number or the fact that the UNITED STATES IS A FUCKING JOKE CUZ FUCK THEM NUMBERS HOW ABOUT WE BECOME PROTECTED ABOUT OUR MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
I no longer exist . I’m a ghost . I don’t even have a straw man .
Since Addresses, Names and SSNs are so often leaked, then we should make it a law that NONE of those pieces of data are used to secure accounts going forward.
its coming, welcome to the mark of the beast digital id / digital currency system
@@BillyBlaze7 Mark of the beast?! What is this - kindergarden? Ok.. sure, cannibal unicorns are a big threat too ...
Now, THAT would be legislation I could get behind. Well, if you're trying to open an account for something, your name will probably be needed. But your SSN? Nope. That shouldn't be required. So, I agree with you; good point.
@@PhrontDoor Why are you even complaining? if you dont believe in God then this is exactly what you want so enjoy it
@@BillyBlaze7 Nice 'logic' fail there.
I'm for logic and rationality. It is stupid to do irrational things like rely upon things that you know are not reliable. And to that point, it becomes patently illegal to do so.
So they expect EVERY American citizen to call up the 3 insurance bureaus instead of fixing the issue. WTF is wrong with this country.
@@UnknownMusicianIt’s one agency, if you want to do a fraud alert, but you have to contact all three, if you want to put a freeze on your credit data.
Agree. The agencies are supposed to protect our data. Why is the burden on us, to ask them for extra protection? All the credit data should either be frozen and unfrozen when needed or, at a minimum, a fraud alert should be on every account and not have to be renewed every year.
Do you hate Capitalism? Money floats from the bottom to the top. From the working class to the rich. Pay up. 😂
@@Popeii1 Money is printed out of thin air.
@@zero0o0o ??? So take a deep breath?
My first Social Security card from 1965 was imprinted "Not to be used for identification." Now, it's used for identification for everything.
and remember, it is not yours!
It is the States
Criminal Fraud by the Corporation of U.S.
@@jeffreydale2286 That private number between you and your government only.
@@jeffreydale2286 But it would be asking too much for anyone to have to produce it in order to vote. Makes so much sense.
Social Security cards should include your picture so lending institutions have ability to spot a fraud. The new picture card is not used as an I.D it’s basically for getting ,loans but the picture is an added layer of protection.
And they want to have a digital currency...we'll all be taken for everything we HAVE.
They said " YOU'LL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY"?
What is Camala going to do about this?!
BINGO
This is all part of the chaotic plan!! I am part of the Grand Resistance!!
She/he is Kamal.
@myphd....exactly my thought. More on the way. Chaos.
I said it when I was 22, why on earth are the credit bureaus and the alike allowed to be self governing. I’m now 39 and I am NOT SHOCKED by any of this news.
I think there should be zero credit bureaus. ..it's MORE CONTROL.
I agree,. They should wipe the credit files for everyone, with a clean slate, and maybe assign everyone a new more encrypted SSN.
Well, there was also a massive hack of the OPM (federal employee database) years ago. So, I wouldn’t consider the Feds a bastion of security.
And, credit bureaus are regulated. They just suck, anyway.
Hackers are going to hack until the likelihood of getting caught is significant and the penalties are extremely severe. Like capital punishment level severe.
ok
@0hffs the real question should be is, what law allows that kind of organization to exist and what government agency polices them?
I think the government needs to act on this! All American people should get free credit monitoring for 5 years!
They will act on it for sure, but not in a way that helps us. Never let a good crisis go to waste, is how they'll react. It'll be used to further their control at our detriment, tell me how I'm wrong. EDIT: And no, we should get "free credit monitoring for the rest of our lives" not this five year trash. For the remainder of my credit file's life.
@@adcraziness1501 I just heard Biden is working on this issue. Possible stimulus check maybe. But legal action pending. We will see.
@@houndlander oh I didn't know Biden was still working I thought he quit. Good to hear, but I'll believe it when I see it. Edit to say a stimulus check will be a bandaid. Like pulling skin off your face to fix a sore on your hand. But thanks I like money.
The credit monitoring companies get hacked
The government probably was involved in the leak. Problem, reaction , solution. It will be their excuse to get everyones info and finances on digital blockchains. Which if you actually are paying attention is coming 💯%.
I’m so sick of me having to pay a yearly amount of money to protect my identity because companies suck.
@@VHangout yep! And even those companies you have to be wary of because you’re entrusting them with your personal information that they themselves (the company) can steal and use for their benefit.
Freeze your account for free and unfreeze them when you apply for a loan.
Then dont
@@tiaveeAnd those companies themselves get hacked. The state gave us all a year of the company's service, the company themselves got breached 3 months later and gave us an extra month for it. I assume by default it's going to be used at some point so I just don't "do" credit on anything. When it gets used, it'll be pretty obvious.
Remember when we lived in the world of paper and file cabinets and not nearly as much of this happened… and the world kept on spinning…?
I love how they spin technology as an absolute in progress, when it's a curse as much as it is a blessing.
yes before worms viruses hacking & ID theft ....
That feeling when a person can’t count high enough to understand there’s not enough trees in the world to live by paper anymore. They’re trying to get rid of toilet paper because there’s not enough trees for us to wipe our Hiney.
@@SheepAmongG.O.A.T You’re explaining life on earth as it’s always been since the dawn of time. Everything has always been that way. The advent of the industrial revolution… Go back and look at old newspapers screaming that the cotton gin was going to ruin the entire world. 😂
B-b-but it was more expensive and job creating for large organizations...you wouldn't want that surely.😜
The bigger problem is the kids SSNs. They don't usually get credit until they are 18 or so, but by then their SSN may have already been used and destroyed. Good luck fixing that 10 years later.
Yes..stolen by evil school personnel..
@@sugarmcdoodle3514 I didn’t even think about that. The world is a terrible place!
Get rid of credit cards. Why do we have to have a credit check when our government is further in debt then anything else on this planet? Bet you anything that info wasn't stolen and sold it was just sold by our own government.
im currently 17, praying i win the lottery of SSN and don't get mine destroyed..
That happened to me when i was 10. My sister's and my social security cards were in our mom's purse when it got stolen. So when i enlisted into the army 10 years later i had to talk to a federal agent about some suspicious stuff associated with my social. At the time i didnt know my social got stolen so my mom had to talk to the agent and explain what happened. Thankfully everything got settled and i was able to enlist
Why cant these people do something good.... like delete all of our debt.
@@dreadpirates_ that’s not a good thing
aww that's adorable! You think they actually got hacked?? lmaoooo buddy, it wasn't a random hacker in some sweatshop in china 🤡🤡🤡
@@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Himthen who was it
Deleting debt deletes value.
No value, no money.
@@UtubeH8tr It already doesn't have value.
Federal Government needs to held accountable for this as well as the company's involved...
It's just another major reason that the Government taking everything digital including currency needs to be stopped, rolled back and prevented from EVER happening!
The feds up to their eyeballs in this one. You really think this stolen social security SSA stuff was an accident no.
Federal abuse of SS numbers for ID is at fault and violates all of our TRUST.
@@shopsshire9282Yep tryin to usher in the {MOB} aka Mark of the Beast.
How do you not understand that that horse left the gate so long ago that his nose is already over the finish line?
@@severetruth4063 you do understand that memorizing your Social Security number was already the MOB on your forehead, right? Derp!
Credit companies and banks should be responsible for fraud.
@@MrDunstonbuilders When my bank accounts were hacked, the bank reimbursed the money that was stolen and caught subsequent fraudulent charges until my
They must've literally stolen the entire database including deceased.
Check out the text on screen in the first few seconds plus the other comments. I misspoke, it’s not just Americans
Not "deceased" you mean future democrat voters.
@@dirtypaws1244Bingo 👍again, undermining people's intelligence.
@@dirtypaws1244 Faux news consumer
@@dirtypaws1244 FACT
As someone who worked hard to get a 750 credit score before their 20s, this is infuriating.
@@Mega-P71 Exactly, Im not paying for nothing that I didn't touch
YEP YOU NEED TO BLAME HARIS NOW AND TIM YES THE TAMPON MAN
Good that your starting young
@@danmakintosh7002 they're not even inaugurated. What are you on about? Did you already forget about Biden????
@@darksparkyshark430 he's been whining so long he can't help himself.
They need to make cyber crimes have heavy prison sentences
They need to make hoarding data to the point of becoming a target, a crime. That data needs to be purged regularly, down to name and phone number IF THAT.
They rarely catch the criminal...on purpose
@@Dezdamoonbear so messed up huh
Many Hackers transfer data to foreign countries..
I highly doubt the hackers are American. They are most likely Asian or Russian.
I keep my credit score low and crappy to deter identity theft….
😂😂😂😂
Just doing your part for the country. Hero status right there
I laughed at this but sad part is there is truth/reality to it.
@@termodog7951 that doesn't stop shit
I remain poor so that other people can have money,
Always thought it was strange that the Govt. tells you guard this number like your life... then requires us to write it on just about every transaction we do!
This is exactly why I said "f**k it" like 10 years ago and just decided to work for farmers who don't care about dumb government crap. Cash is cash.. and even that will be gone before I die.
So, how is that working for you?
@@76MUTiger clearly well
@@76MUTiger lol, bro got ratio'd
@@JoMcD21 I read this in swansons voice
@@magicdolphin3090
People like that believe that their way is the only way to live. Freedom isn't dead, despite what many will tell you.
I got a wonderful Idea. Why don't the federal government give us all new ssn? They require us to have one, therefore they can replace it.
I prefer too keep mine. I already got it memorized.😊
Great idea
Actually that's a myth...it's a long long story, but look deep into it (unless it's been scrubbed).
How many of the new SSN's could be stolen by theifs via mail, or intercepted via e-mail though. It would probably just cause more problems. The system is already hacked, so they would likely have access to the new ones too.
You're not required to have an ssn#.
As a network engineer I can say this with %100 certainty.
Your SSI number was stolen years ago. Anthem lost ALL its Data including medical records and SSI numbers in 2006(I was there)
I suspected something to this effect
The OPM.....
Yeah, and were they held accountable to the degree that this breach hurt the public? Anth still exists. If their very existence was in jeopardy, they would be far more serious about it, like maybe demand a custom O.S. for their security system that no one else has. I mean a ground up build not some modded O.S.
I was basically threatened to be fired if I talked about it.
yes and the federal OPM was hacked many years ago too ....
Everything just keep getting better and better for us Americans 🙄
It's ridiculous that we must be the ones to do all this stuff. It should be on the lender to verify verify and reverify if they're giving someone credit
To those saying "why the government doesnt freeze everyone's SSN or credit?"
Here's why:
In a debt and credit based economy like USA, putting a freeze on everyone's credit will cause the biggest economic collapse in history of America. Loans and mortgages need to be issues constantly to keep citizens working like a sheep and prop up the economy.
NO ONE needs to access credit reports. Didn't need them before they came out with credit bureaus and can get by without them.
FAR too much is contingent on one's credit score.
Thier too busy investigating Trump don’t have the time or man power to protect us.
Then you unfreeze it as needed. ……
@@km-bo3zx Freezing will NOT protect you.
They sell all your personal info anyway. Governments always have unfettered and secret access to everyone's credit information.
What did people do long before SS numbers, credit bureaus, and credit scores?
Learn what a credit note means NOTING a promise to pay that your dollar become a us national America is a corporation dam your the stock market-the mark 😂sorry 😞 😂can't help but be mad and laugh because we have been fooled into being a courp to the corporate don't worrie they got us natives again also that should make people happy
The question really is, who DOESN'T ALREADY have your social security number. Every doctor or dentist you ever visited, every hospital you have been in, every one of your utility companies you have ever patronized, your credit card companies, your bank(s), probably car dealerships, your mortgage holders, etc. etc. In the 90s I knew a guy that purchased and sold several real estate properties. He told me EVERY SINGLE PAGE of the voluminous mortgage papers had his and his wife's SSN pre-printed on them along with the page number. At the time I figured there were probably mud huts in some third world country with their mortgage papers used as wallpaper on the walls.
Our government should pay us all a $million for their incompetency in protecting our private information.
Yes now I,like that idea 😊
And in compensation for stealing our money to use for weapons in for-profit wars
The true reparations. All the gov officials tied to wasting our taxpayer money and leaking our private information have to work blue collar jobs and pay it all off, I'm sure then they would want term limits 😂
See the horror is that if they did that we would all suffer. We are in debt as a country, it come back in crippling taxes for the next this and the next generations.
Where do you think they get their money... We would end up paying for that in taxes and theyd still take their cut. Think things through
The government gave you this number and you wonder why we should not trust Government.
Ok so how do you sugest we get our social security checks? The amout is corelated to how much you've earned over a life span. A chip?
@marciamartins1992 think about it... "Social" security. If you saved that money in a high interest account for your entire life, you would not have to worry about it at retirement. It's a "Socialist" system in place. Read a book called "The Creature from Jekyll Island." It will enlighten you on this scheme cooked up back in the days Social security was created.
@@marciamartins1992 Just get rid of capitalism and its nonsensical scorekeeping and it's the problem solved 😉
@marciamartins1992 read the book The Creature from Jekyll Island. Social security is a Socialist System.
When you get a mortgage it's already paid the down payment was a gift yah a gift it never went to your mortgage learn the laws please
We shouldn't have to fix this issue. THEY should have to fix that. I am sick of this.
Identity theft is 100% the fault of whatever business fell for the fraudsters using someone elses identity, and then pushing the blame onto the victim rather than recognize their own failure and responsibility, making them ad hoc accomplices in the fraud and therefore guilty of libel and slander if they negatively impact their victims credit by publically declaring that a false debt is owed.
I think these companies are safe from that because of laws on the books protecting them from lawsuits, at least that's what I learned from the limited research I've done. Very much would like to know that I'm wrong about that but I haven't looked deeper into it.
Sounds more than likely. Wish I was truly astonished or something 😮💨 😑
@@jasziegl8983 the police cannot catch scammers so they do not want to write a report on it otherwise they have a bunch of open cases. Save your stack of evidence because they want 10 pieces of some type of hacking before they will even accept your case. You can also prove that it wasn’t you that way you don’t have to pay fines.
@@Windstorm7x7-wl8ko if you don’t have $250,000 over in the bank, it is covered by the federal insurance. I’ve gotten my money back so fast within three or four days. They said they don’t cover it if you don’t report it for over 10 days.
Lol love seeing these comments. It's like saying a rapist shouldn't be held accountable if the woman was out late at night. When that thief and the victim are facing God, who do you think God is going to blame. The one guilty of the crime. Stop being an I D 10 T. Stop shilling for criminals. Maybe you are one yourself.
Just f*cking great. Not one gov't agency in this country is competent.
@@smujer1 this is a private company not a government agency.
What government agency gave this information to a private corporation?
It's worse that it was a private corporation, not better.
@@user-zu5do6ri6r We give this information to companies when we apply for credit, bank accounts, apartments, etc, so it’s quite possible they got it from us, on behalf of those companies. I don’t know the details & agree it’s worth knowing. There’s no reason to assume the government was involved, without knowing.
The cia is. They run the country and have for for decades. They killed jfk. They are undefeated bro
That's what they want us to believe. Our own govt. prolly had it done for what is coming. They will then blame another country just as our own govt gave alqueada guns, bombs, etc. so they could take out Gaddafi and then our own govt turned on al queada
Time to join the class-action lawsuit and demand that the politicians where you live enact laws protecting our privacy.
Ever since I made the career change from healthcare to cybersecurity I see things in such a different way. Ppl have no idea the amount of activity taking place to protect our information and how aggressive hackers are. I’m so embedded in cybersecurity it’s so important!
Why do I have to do this? Why are these corporations not held accountable????
The number isn't 2.9 billion people. Americas population by itself is about 340 million people. Social Security numbers are a nine digit number. The maximum SS numbers can only be 1 billion. The information I read said it was 2.9 billions rows of information NOT people. Having said that millions of Americans will still be effected and how bad it gets remains to be seen.
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Why aren't there ever righteous hackers that give everyone 10 million in their bank accounts?
It happens..or your house is mysteriously paid off..people aren't going to say anything about it lol
because they aren't getting hacked, obviously 🤡🤡🤡 they're the ones putting this info out there
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Yeah lol
Too busy spending the 10 mil they hacked for themselves.
My credit is so bad they will have a very hard time with my information
Your credit might be bad but your identity is worth millions, there are people whiling to pay hundreds of thousands for a clean slate on a verified identity.
@@Room1sixtyfive so ex cons are in the clear, got it ....... ( i mean who would want that mess of a slate )
That doesn't mean that someone won't use your Social Security identity for getting a job, renting, fraudulently filing for tax refunds, applying for your social security payments (if you don't have a social security online account). If they have your identity then commit a crime in another state or city then you get pulled over for a routine traffic stop and the officer sees a warrant for your arrest they would have to arrest you. So it's pretty serious.
@@Room1sixtyfivecaptain obvious is in the room
Too bad he can't recognize satire
Smh
Sorry, no. They CAN make it worse.
Be safe! Even if you only have a dollar, they'll happily take it.
We shouldn't have even been using SSNs for any of this shit in the 1st place
Facts
Agreed.
Its scary to see the big major news networks not reporting on this. You see LA Times, USA Today, and the small networks doing so, but no CNN, no NYT, no AP. I think this shows that they’d rather keep it down low for some political reason
You still look at dinosaur media, despite how untrustworthy they are?? They should’ve scared you off a looong time ago.
They can’t make 10 for the Big guy look bad..
Fox didn’t either, they’re still rubbing one out over the going senile five-times draft-dodging, twice-divorced cheating on each wife with the next between prostitutes and porn stars with kids at home, six-times bankrupt failed steaks, casino, airline, and fraudulent university fired reality star who uses orange makeup, 4” lifts, and adult diapers looking to bring fascism to the US.
Excuse me sir, they have Trump to bitch about for the 9th or 10th year in a row.
Priorities man, Priorities.
@@justinsmithy2286 lol, unfortunately that’s true
Part of the chaotic plan!! Say no to digital ID
Use your cash..Say no to businesses who will not accept cash.
ID THIS THE UNDERHANDED CORRUPT COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS
PLAN FOR STEALING THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The SSN is basically a digital ID#. Why not do an actually secure digital ID that is harder to steal?
I hate how my identity is forced on legal documents. I want to escape from this government responsibility. This government has not and will not in my lifetime serve me in any way that will bring me fulfillment.
I did the credit freeze years ago when Experion got hacked. Back then it cost $5 for each agency, but a new law requires them to do it for free now. Just dont lose the passwords you create for each agency, and keep those passwords in a secure location.
And make it a random number and letter set so it's hard to hack it. Also a different password for each site.
@@That-Guy_ And 15 characters long, different from ALL your other passwords, and no repeating letters or numbers…
Who doesn't want to pay the American people?
Who is losing grip on the election?
Who pockets on misery?
Follow the money.
💯
Welcome to capitalism!
@@victorvargas9330 Have a look at Black Rock, Vanguard, WEF. This has all been planned for years. I hope you don't have heart problems.
@@3nertia"corporate bureaucracy"
Fixed it for ya
@@Hugh_Jassle You really didn't though, Dunning-Kruger, but I'm sure you feel better after having regurgitated the same nonsense that many other idiots do 🙃
This seems to be the norm for data security: use inadequate or poorly maintained data security measures; after the inevitable hack, place the responsibility on the citizen; provide fraud insurance to the minority who jump through the hoops; accept that as a cost of doing business while most people are left unprotected. C'mon!
If you want to guess the conspiracy aspect…..I wonder if a lot of these places not protecting their info who eventually get hacked actually own or own portions of the credit monitoring companies. Its all a shell game. We are the idiots who are forced to be the pawns.
Great problem to be conveniently solved with a digital ID. No thanks.
yes this is a planned event and may even be fake to get the ball rolling
And CBDCs.
Exactly this will be that excuse to hurry up and implant it in you.
Holy this comment section is conspiracy brained lmao
Why not? Just a simple, noninvasive procedure with a tiny device implanted into either your right hand or forehead. Think of the possibilities 😉
There are only 300+ million Americans, how are there 2.9 billion Social security numbers? CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT should be filed against NATIONAL PUBLIC DATA. As well, ANY company or corporation that holds anyone's data when they are no longer with that company or have any business dealings with the previous company should also face a class action lawsuit if there was a data breach. This is happening FAR too frequently and causes a great havoc and financial loss on the individuals affected by this egregious abuse of not protecting one's private and critical information such as the social security details! Americans are already under stress and this is compounding it even more.
2.9 billion records for people across multiple countries. I misspoke at the start and called it out in the edit but it’s still confusing, sorry for that! And not everyone has to be alive apparently
@@DRventura333 I have a FILE FULL of legal notices of Cybersecurity data breaches where my data was included in Hacks. I filed an FBI CYBERSECURITY REPORT and have an ID #
@@BrendanEvanohhhhh ok thrn i was wondering how that was possible
Can't forget the illegals
@@BrendanEvan SSN is an American thing, other countries have their own versions. the 2.9 is total data, including addresses and such, the actual number of SSNs in that number is likely about a billion which covers everyone alive and dead since SSNs were implemented in the US
❤ THANK YOU Brendan for sharing this valuable information! You are a true HERO! 👍🇺🇸
It should be illegal for any company to use or store your social security number for any reason. I get requesting it to verify identity when doing background checks or credit checks, but that info shouldn't be stored perpetually. It doesn't matter what encryption method they use, once some third party has a database with that info, it's at risk of being stolen.
Whoever perpetrated and allowed this to even happen should get a life sentence in prison.
The hackers should DELETE all numbers and unjust records. Clerks should be criminally charged for releasing info.
As a person who once worked in Military Intelligence, I can tell you with absolute certainty that all the so-called remedies they offer you are a fart in a stiff wind!
As long as it’s not a stiff fart
What would you recommend? Or are we all just screwed?
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Our credit should not be ruined by this
It won’t be. First of all what are you gonna do? Sit on hold for five days because everyone in the USA is trying to freeze their credit at the same time? Second of all, if everyone in the USA froze their credit overnight. Do you know what kind of financial insanity that would cause and all the markets would crash? They’re not even going to allow that to happen. And if everybody gets hacked, they’re just going to have to do what they did during Covid and let everybody off of their bills and so forth until it gets worked out. The punishment system only works when it is a few bad apples… But when it’s the whole bushel basket, they have to throw the whole thing out and start over somehow. Don’t panic. This is what everybody should’ve been prepping for. I can’t really feel empathy for people who haven’t.
It’s crazy that back in 90’s getting a job didn’t require unless paperwork just you and skill
So what in the hell is the government doing about this? My guess nothing. Government for the government. Brings an old saying cover your own ass!!!
Give tax cuts to the insurance companies
If the hackers have my personel info, won't they easily just unfreeze the credit themselves after I freeze it? 😒
That’s a question I thought about too. But I’d rather them meet a road block vs flying through the process of fraudulent transactions
@@BrendanEvan I think once you have associated your email address and phone number to your credit bureau info it makes it significantly harder for someone else to gain access
I have mine frozen and it is actually really hard to get it unfrozen…lots of passwords and verification. Do it, I just almost got scammed
In theory 2FA should prevent that. I think most attacks that bypass that are limited and require cookie cloning.
I'm not so sure. I've experienced a social engineering attempt once where a fraudster had spoofed my banks telephone number. I won't go into detail but the point is who can say for sure if someone gets your new data they can't spoof into the accounts. With automation tools like local housed AI now coming to market the whole security issue is going to get harder.
My Social Security card was lost years ago, but I have the number memorized PERFECTLY in my mind!😊
You can also lock your Social Security number on E-Verify to prevent someone from applying for a job with your number.
Can you elaborate?
Please elaborate 😢
@@betawolfhd if you're a victim of identity theft someone can use your SSN to apply for jobs in your name even though you don't work there, basically you can prevent them from doin so by locking the SSN
@@Jamellii right. But the part I get lost is e-verify is the source for this action?
What if they got hacked? Smh what a crazy world and crazy times we live in.
Let's go back to paper.
Common sense.
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How did they steal "billions" of social security numbers? The Social Security Administration does not reuse Social Security numbers. It has issued somewhere around 450 million since the start of the program. Were the other 1.5 billion or more issued to non USA people?
I showed a correction on screen at that point, mentioned it in a pinned comment and the description, and about 150 comments. Sorry you missed it and sorry I misspoke! Turns out the articles are even confusing. They say 2.9 billion people when really it’s 2.9 billion records. So you or I might have 10 or 20 records each because of various background checks etc. not to mention deceased people left over in their records.
The list contains info for people from other countries including Canada and the uk, that's why it's so large
The hacked information was scraped from the web and is of no substantial importance. The information was already available. The news articles ALL say "may." SSNs "may" have been exposed. Read up on the company that was hacked and how they obtained data. They are web scraping and your SSN has not been exposed in this incident. Content creators like this should be shut down for perpetuating lies that cause undue stress
NPD confirmed info was leaked: www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/08/17/social-security-hack-national-public-data-confirms/74843810007/
The medical insurance companies were hacked, they have your ss number!
Thank you Brendan for taking the time to make this video, we appreciate it . Good tips on how we can protect ourselves.
Thanks for watching! This video was super short so I did a ton of research and made a follow up video here answering your questions! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
Sounds like somebody should be held accountable. Accountability is the problem we have in today's environment. Thank You for your help and we need to stand together. This is how we do it.
Can someone unfreeze your credit with all your info too? This is terrifying !!!
Good point.
Right.
Nope because they give you a PIN. To you
@@usergoogle60 That's great news !!!
They're not going to get through with your SSN alone.
Whoever in the Government gave our most private information to protect needs the woodchipper touch. Same for the people in the private company who was tasked with guarding so much vulnerable data.
Yeah, good luck making that happen.
@Windstorm7x7-wl8ko 2nd amendment rights coming into play beyond the horizon with free bird fading in.
THANKS Brendan for this wake-up call. There's always someone out to beat the process.
We need to go back to the old ways......no computers......no ai.....stephen hawking warned us about the dangers of ai before he died
Yeah, someone got my information and ALSO opened a credit card and banking account and business in my name. I moved fast but I didn't really know what to do. i just froze my credit. Thanks for this video. it will help people.
That sucks, sorry to hear. Hope you can get it straightened out quickly!!
They let people get hacked, they should be the ones fixing this , not something else for the people to do .
Years ago I put a lock on my credit reports. I did this because everyone and their dog was looking at my credit report, and I was tired of anyone messing with it when I was not applying for credit. The locks can be removed whenever you need to, if you are purchasing something and need that information available to them. Afterwards, you can put the lock back on. You can do this online for all three credit reports or just one or two.
Wow. All of MY information, which apparently is worth millions, is stolen. I am now at risk indefinitely.... and all I get is an...... "oopsie"?
Awesome.
going Earrape on the important bit was a nice touch I think. Definitely grabs people's attention if they're just listening to this in the background.
Accidental not tactical but thanks for the credit!
Great reason for the government to enact a NEW digital ID
That’s what all this is really about…
You mean Great (T)reason........
They can push it all they want, I will not get one.. if I can't buy, sell, or trade, I will know biblically where we are and off-grid hunting my own food begins. If it's not the mark, it's close behind. Forehead or right hand and don't think it doesn't have to be a mark in those locations on a digital photo for the ID.
@@theodoreB8061 I feel for the young Christians that have kids. Can they watch their kids starve, or get taken away and given to a gov-ment camp or family?
Exactly that’s the plan
Probably best to move away from the loan, capital, credit/debt system for everyday Americans starting today.
More people need to be talking about this. Thank you so much for making this video!
Thanks! This video was way too short and I wanted to be genuinely helpful so here's a follow up video! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
The gift of technology is no gift at all .
A curse.
It looks like we're gonna have to pay a monthly $20 to $30 subscription fee to lock our credit. To me, the scam is with the 3 credit providers. Lets all be honest and open, Its the perfect scam.
Correct, experian wants 4.99 a month just to freeze there OR all 3 for 24.99. BS I will take my chances on a hack. I don't have THAT kind of money right now.
@@DonnaCee2347 that’s $25 a month for the rest of your life, and that’s not counting the cost they’ll up it each year.
@@DonnaCee2347 and if your married and/or have kids that’s an additional $25 per family member.
No, they don't, that's their other services they are using as an upsell. A credit freeze is free. Credit monitoring is not. A LOT of people have made this comment.
@@BrendanEvan did you have to phone them to freeze it or were you able to freeze it online?
If you don’t mind if I ask which of the three credit report websites do you use?
The question is, if the credit freeze and fraud alert are so important and everyone should have them, *_why wouldn't the credit bureaus have them in place already._* Why on earth would they make every working person have to CALL THEM to have their information protected?? Isn't that their JOB?
Strange how this always happens during election years...
Has nothing to do with that. This is year one of the biggest breakthroughs in A.I. technology EVER. And A.I. is going to get even more advanced extremely quickly. This is due to advances in A.I. tech and the corporate oligarchy being incompetent
How do we know beyond a doubt that THIS company didn’t hack it in order to get people hooked on THEIR content for a “year” and then BAM! We get bamboozled?!
Thank you for this video! This helps a lot. Seeing how you broke down the information, it sounds ridiculous now, but thank you so much for making this video
This follow up video is actually a LOT more helpful! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
Thank you so much for the info!!
Thank you for watching! I made a Follow up video here! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
THIS is why the ridiculous new Corporate Transparency Act is a disaster. It requires owners of small businesses to file a report with the gov listing name, home address (not biz address), SS #, driver’s license, passport, photo, etc. What could possibly go wrong? And, of course, the bad guys it purports to catch will have complied, right??? Definitely a tool toward digital ID & all the control it affords the baddies.
The Government is in on it...
Well…what bothers me about this is, SSNs were never supposed to do the kind of heavy lifting that we’re making it do, as far as identification numbers go. And since every American got affected, what would a country do to fix this? How feasible would it be to give everyone a new SSN, or would be like putting a band-aid over the problem because that’s just a new number that could get stolen in a future data breach?
2.9 billion, this includes the US. UK. Canada. That’s why that number is large.
That still wouldn’t add up to 2.9 billion.
@@tyrogers156dead people from all these countries have identities and have information out there on them
That doesn't add up to that large a number. It must include billions of deceased numbers or something
2.9 billion (est.) records were leaked; the exact number of people exposed is not yet determined but estimated to be much lower due to several factors.
You know dead people still have SSNs right?
I am not contacting anyone. My credit score is zero with each credit company. Good luck trying to get anything with that score.
its actually easier to get loans and credit when your credit is "zero" vs when you have bad credit
Bad credit isn't a safeguard.
Follow up video here answering your questions! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
Thank you. I already had this freeze but did not know you had to keep renewing.
Only a fraud alert needs to be renewed every year a credit freeze is there until you turn it off
Plot twist, that fraud protection service they offered, was breached this morning 💀 😭 lol
I just called to set the freezes up. I think my biggest concern is the info I just provided to freeze my credit is the same information I need to pause the freeze or unfreeze it, right? And isn't that the information that was leaked? Is there anything stopping someone else from just unfreezing it? I'm pretty sure only one of the automated voices said I would be mailed a pin and to hang onto it cause I would need it to lift the freeze.
I thought about this too. I did it via their online stuff though not via a call center. If you can unfreeze via a automated call center that's pretty bad.
Holy viral vid. Nice work boss, long time viewer
Moments like this reinforce that I've made the right decision to leave my credit frozen for the last 2 years.
Why can't the government automatically put a freeze on everyone's SS account?
Um, because, a lot of people would not have MONEY any more?
In a debt and credit based economy like USA, putting a freeze on everyone's credit will cause the biggest economic collapse in history of America. Loans and mortgages need to be issues constantly to keep citizens working like a sheep and prop up the economy.
@@papimasfuerte4671 Didn't think of that. Was up all night. Not getting much sleep lately.
who do you think "hacked" this info 🤡🤡 wasn't someone in china or wherever
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Yep, the best way to protect our information is to give it to more places who already hand it out to other companies who get hacked on the regular.
So just add a third digit in everyone's numbers. The gov could easily do that for free really fast digitally. But of course why would they want to do that. amiright
That’s not as easy as it sounds lots of databases where the column width is defined as a specific length. You can’t just add a character.
Very convenient
3rd digit? SSN is already 9 digits.
Wouldn't be the first time.
@@PChazman1 I meant add a third digit in the middle numbers. At least in the US the format is xxx-xx-xxxx. So I am saying how hard is it to just add a third digit to the middle numbers. Everything is digital, and making 1 digit changes to everyone's number would not be a hard thing to do.
What to do? Nothing. There is nothing you can do.
I disagree and made a Follow up video here answering your questions! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
To my understanding, it was 2.9 billion records were stolen... I used the Pentest utility online, I found out that MY IDENTITY was hacked along with a few of my friends and family... My nephew WASN'T... or at least non of his records show up with the Pentest tool.
There were at least 12 separate records under my name were found.
It's NOT 2.9 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, it's 2.9 records that were stolen... but that is an enormous amount of records.
Follow up video here answering your questions! ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
What about whenever they hack each of the three credit bureaus log ins. Takes the freeze off your account. Changes your password on you and continue to open credit accounts without you having the ability to get into your credit bureau online account
These free credit lock are about as useful as a mall cop…
Better than nothing. With 2FA theoretically it should be more difficult for them to pull off.
What to do: STOP PAYING TAXES. There, fixed.
You go first.
Lots of people have. Lots of changes coming.
@mariantreber8055 when you homeless tough to take taxes from you..
🙏🙏🙏YES
@@-Plube-Not ever forgetting about this Criminal Cabal
I had my identity stolen summer of 2020 and had to learn about the credit bureaus and how your credit was just out in the open the hard way 😑Luckily for me I caught it really early and was able to get everything frozen before much damage was done. It still blows my mind that your credit isn't automatically frozen, and I feel like no one really tells you this!
Glad you caught it, I made some tips for those of us who aren't familiar with that process here: ruclips.net/video/jNV-KCBf-us/видео.html
Put your SS# on "lock down" where you need a PIN# to apply for credit or use it for anything. I did this years ago. You have to call all the credit agencies, but it takes no time, and it's worth it for peace of mind.
the 'pin' would still be stored in a database lol
@@KAWGreazy But it has served me well putting it on lockdown and my credit score has significantly improved. Lol
Would be nice if companies that use the “last 4 of your SSN” to not use that starting today to avoid scammers calling and claiming they are someone that they are not.
Because for some reason it’s easier to fake someone than for the real person who’s identity was stolen to claim they are that person 🤦🏻
I’m so glad your video came across my feed. Thank you for sharing this information! 💗✨