Data breaches seem to pop up in the news all the time, but what exactly are they and how do they affect you?

🚨 Data breaches are an event that results in confidential, private, protected, or sensitive information being exposed to a person not authorized to access it. 🚨

If you see a data breach from a company you use, here are tips and tricks to ensure your safety:

• 🔒 Change your passwords immediately
• 🌐 Look up the data breach to see what type of information was exposed
  • Based on the severity of the information breached, will require different actions
    • Social Security
      • Implement a security freeze on the reporting agency’s websites
        • Equifax
        • Experian
        • TransUnion
    • Email
      • How to check if your email has been leaked- ‘;–have i been pwned?
    • Name and Date of Birth
      • Watch for identity theft, if someone starts using your information report it here!
• 🔑 Enable MFA
• 🕵🏼‍♂️ Be on the lookout for social engineering tactics
  • Watch for phishing through emails and texts
  • Do not answer unknown phone numbers and email addresses
  • Do not click on strange links sent over email or text
    • These bad actors may use fear and urgency to get your attention, so make sure to slow down and read any messages sent. 

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Stay Safe! Stay #CyberFlexed!