"...The massive Equifax data breach has exposed 143 million Social Security Numbers. Armed with those nine digits, an identity thief can go online and take control of your Social Security account and have your benefits sent to them.
Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, says there is a way to protect yourself.
"The Social Security Administration has a really good online system that allows you to watch your Social Security information like a hawk,” she said.
Open a my Social Security account and you will block the crooks from creating an account in your name...."
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