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

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"We should deregulate that industry further to encourage them to improve."

[–] pdxfed 1 points 1 week ago

We just need to export your data to a few thousand new data brokers who will help us with AI

[–] Zalo 16 points 1 week 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Where do I go to lock them?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

This page has direct links to the big 3

[–] Zalo 3 points 1 week 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