By now, you’ve heard about the massive hack that revealed nearly 3 billion records.
The records contain names, dates of birth, addresses, and phone numbers on a wide swath of the population.
cybersecurity firm Pentester have compiled the database and made it searchable in seconds
Check now: Was your SSN exposed in huge data leak?
Enter your name, state, and year of birth here, and the search will instantly look for your info in the billions of records leaked online in this massive data breach. The search is free.
what to do if you find your SSN has been exposed?
Ryan Montgomery, founder of Pentester, says you should freeze your credit reports
There are links at the bottom of the search results for Equifax, TransUnion and Experian.
Freezing your credit is free and won’t affect your score
That will put a roadblock between someone trying to open an account in your name. The freezing and unfreezing process can be done online
