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Was your information exposed in the latest data breaches at Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5TH, or Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal? If so, here are some steps to take.

First, visit IdentityTheft.gov/databreach to get detailed advice, based on the type of information exposed. If the company that you entrusted with your information offers you free credit monitoring, take advantage of it. Also, consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze.

What if your username or password were exposed? Or your payment card information? IdentityTheft.gov/databreach covers all that and more:

  • For an online login or password – Log in to your account and change your password. If you use the same password other places, change those too. Don’t forget to change your security questions, too, if your online login or password were exposed.
  • For payment card information – Contact your bank or credit card company to request a new card number. Review your statements carefully to make sure no one is misusing your card. If you have automatic payments set up, don’t forget to update all of them.

To learn more about the type of information exposed in each breach, check out each company’s website: Saks, Saks OFF 5TH, Lord & Taylor, and MyFitnessPal.

Also, after data breaches, look out for phishing scams that try to trick you into giving your personal information. Don’t provide any personal or financial information unless you’ve initiated the contact. And don’t trust caller ID. Scammers can spoof their numbers so it looks like they are calling from a particular company, even when they’re not.

If you learn that someone has misused your personal information, go to IdentityTheft.gov to report identity theft and get a personal recovery plan. Because recovering from identity theft – and data breaches – is easier with a plan.

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James
April 05, 2018
Re: Illegal Breach. What if the illegal breach is a everyday and night illegal continual breach that has been happing to Me for Years? The normal laws or remedy's don't apply to Me.The Breach wont Stop. James ?
Crotalus
April 05, 2018
After the eBay hack a few years ago, I changed my phone number partly because of all the new scam calls. Now I'm meaner and smarter, and have a great smart phone. I just got hit by the MyFitnessPal hack, uhg! I put a Ma Bell recording from Canada that say my number has been disconnected, in French and then English ≧'◡'≦ My cell number is now way less popular with scammers
Baabaa
April 06, 2018
Someone tried to manually enter my debit card number into a walmart self checkout in a neighboring state. The attempt was $300.00. I then found that someone had tried to purchase $1200.00 from online SaKs. I am so thankful the bank denied both charges. What upsets me is, I spent lots of hours trying to identify the person. There was video at Walmart. It was to no avail. If the stores were more counter active, it would be appreciated by people like me willing to go the extra mile to catch a theif. Just saying....
Don't use your…
April 09, 2018
Why aren't companies ever fined for having data breaches?
Jjj
April 25, 2018
My credit card was skimmed. Any charges ping to my cell phone. The scammer was using my card in the Pocono's. I first froze my credit card. Then call the store, then the police in that county. The store had cameras and wanted to cooperate. But the police said they couldn't do anything. Why? Thank you.
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