Hacked accounts and stolen data: What to do when your info is leaked

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🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Get an inside look into Have I Been Pwned? — one of the best tools at your disposal when it comes to protecting yourself online. It’s the world’s largest database of stolen login information. In this Best Of episode, Kim talks to the man behind it, Troy Hunt, to give you a step-by-step guide on what you can do if your info has been compromised. Don’t miss this deep dive into online security, no IT degree required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.9	Quest Diagnostics says patient's sensitive, personal, and medical information is at risk.
0:34.1	After criminals have a contract company used for bill collection.
0:37.7	The FBI is now investigating after one of the world's largest hotel chains reported a massive
0:42.9	data breach.
0:43.8	Every single day we hear about a new data breach.
0:46.1	The Seattle woman is in police custody in connection to a massive data breach, which impacted
0:50.1	more than 100 million Capital One customers.
0:52.6	This was the biggest hack of one company users ever.
0:56.7	All right, now to the latest on the massive 2017 Equifax cyber attack
1:00.7	that compromised the personal information of nearly 150 million people.
1:04.4	It seems to happen at least once a week.
1:06.3	Yeah, another data breach.
1:08.3	It's totally starting to turn into white noise.
1:10.8	Cybercrime is one of the
1:12.1	fastest growing criminal enterprises and stolen data is one of the biggest ways that hackers make
1:17.4	money. And anyone can be a victim of a data breach. Governments, cities, utilities, credit card
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