Data Breach Effects Nearly 3 Billion People. Here's How To Check

All Michigan residents should be on Hailer after a recent report shows that nearly 3,000,000,000 people worldwide may have had their identity stolen recently. There is a data breach that happened at national public data, which could potentially put our personal information, including phone numbers, home addresses, Social Security numbers, and more in the hands of people who may have nefarious purposes.

After doing a quick search for my information, I found that many people in Michigan have been affected by this breach and should check to see if they need to freeze their credit. Freezing your credit will prevent future creditors from accessing your information, just in case someone is trying to use your information to gain a credit line.

How to check if my identity has been stolen

If you go to https://npd.pentester.com/ you can enter your first and last name, the state you live in, and your birthday. If you are one of the nearly 3,000,000,000 people who have been affected, your personal information, with some crucial info, somewhat redacted, will pop up and generate on the bottom of the screen.

What Happens if my information is stolen?

As Fortune points out, it’s important to keep track of every transaction when monitoring your accounts:

NPD is advising people who might have been affected to closely monitor their financial accounts. Most Americans don’t keep close tabs on their checking and saving balances and don’t examine every item on their credit card bills—and hackers count on that.