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USA Waste-Management Resources employee and dependant data breach (2021)

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268,510 people

What leaked10

Replaceable

  • Card number

Hard to replace

  • Driver's licence number
  • Passport number
  • Bank account number
  • Other profile data
  • Username

Permanent

  • Health information
  • Social Security number
  • Date of birth
  • Full name
  • Card numberdebit or credit card number
  • Health informationmedical history and treatment information
  • Driver's licence numberdriver's licence or state ID number
  • Bank account numberfinancial or bank account number
  • Other profile datapasswords for financial online accounts · storage form not stated; taxpayer identification number, government ID number and health insurance information
  • Usernameusername or email address for financial online accounts

To-dos6 · about 1 h 30 min in all

  1. Freeze your credit at Equifax, Experian and TransUnionabout 30 minfreeStops: credit in your name · Limits harm from: applications with your ID (opens in a new tab)
  2. Get an IRS Identity Protection PINabout 20 minStops: tax refund fraud (opens in a new tab)
  3. Place a fraud alert on your credit reportsabout 10 minfreeLimits harm from: credit in your name, applications with your ID (opens in a new tab)
  4. Check your credit reports every week, freeabout 20 minfreeHelps you notice: credit in your name, applications with your ID (opens in a new tab)
  5. Turn on instant transaction alertsabout 5 minHelps you notice: bank account fraud
  6. Freeze your NCTUE phone and utility fileabout 10 minfreeLimits harm from: phone or utility account (opens in a new tab)
Company
USA Waste-Management Resources
When it happened
–
Company detected it
Notice
Leak confirmed
Affected
268,510 people · count in the class action complaint, as ClassAction.org reports; press

Outcome

A proposed class action was filed in New York federal court on July 20, 2021 (press).

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