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UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach (techcrunch.com)

submitted 6 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/databreaches@lemmy.zip

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[–] Zalo@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oooh so that's why I got a dark web alert about my info recently

Lock your credit reports, it's free and doesn't take long

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Where do I go to lock them?

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

https://www.usa.gov/credit-freeze

This page has direct links to the big 3

[–] Zalo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Experian.com Transunion.com Equifax.com

These are the three used in the US. If I remember correctly, experian will try to trick you into buying a credit lock, which you shouldn't need. Credit freezes are free