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DIY identity protection vs paid services: What works in 2026

Fox News·Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report·about 1 month ago
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NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Earlier this year, more than 25 million Americans began receiving letters from a company most of them had never heard of. The sender was Conduent Business Services, a contractor that processes benefits records and human resources data for state Medicaid programs, employer health plans and government agencies. Between October 2024 and January 2025, ransomware operators pulled names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, medical diagnosis codes and health insurance claim numbers out of Conduent's systems. In February 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called it the largest data breach in U.S. history. The letters ended the way most of these letters end, with an apology, a phone number and an offer of one year of free credit monitoring. Once your data is already out , can you realistically protect your identity on your own, or has it become something most people are better off outsourcing?…

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