As you may have heard, the credit reporting agency, Equifax, experienced a major data breach that exposed personal information of 143 million Americans this summer.  Hackers accessed names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses and in some cases driver’s license numbers and credit card numbers.  So what should you do to protect yourself from identity theft and your information being misused?

Please review the guidance provided by the Federal Trade Commission on the Equifax data breach at https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/09/equifax-data-breach-what-do?utm_source=govdelivery and consider following the steps they recommend to protect yourself.