▲ 6 r/IdentityTheft
No prior identity theft, but my info is everywhere and constant data breach emails
Hi, I have never experienced identity theft, but the company I work for had a data breach a year ago that exposed all employees’ names, addresses, phone numbers and SSNs. Since then, I keep finding my information on the internet and every several weeks, I get emails about breaches that may include my information. Usually, it’s data like my main email that I had for years, username, password or name and surname.
I know that the majority of people have their information leaked on dark web. But with these breach notifications and my personal info just like that on the internet, I keep thinking if it might lead to actual identity theft one day. How do you guys deal with this paranoia? What steps do you take?
u/Matnest — 5 days ago