Protect Yourself

What to do when your data leaks, your account is hacked, or a scam lands in your inbox. These are the pages every breach report points to.

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What to Do After a Data Breach: A Step-by-Step Plan

A breach notice tells you something happened and very little about what to do. The right response depends on exactly what was exposed, and most of it takes an hour.

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How to Freeze Your Credit at All 3 Bureaus for Free

A freeze stops anyone opening a new credit account in your name, costs nothing, and does not touch your credit score. The catch is that you have to do it three times.

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How to Know If You Have Been Hacked: Signs and Checks

Most of the signs people worry about have innocent explanations, and the ones that matter are sitting in a settings page nobody opens. Here is what to look at, in what order, and what each answer actually proves.

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How to Spot a Phishing Email: 7 Red Flags to Check

A message is open in front of you and something about it is off. This is the check that settles it, in the order that settles it fastest, and it works on a phone.

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