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Your social security number could be compromised. Here's what to know

caption: A woman on her laptop in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
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A woman on her laptop in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Hackers claim they were able to steal the personal records of 2.9 billion people earlier this year. And now the LA Times is reporting that information may have been sold online. Social security numbers as well as other personal information may have been part of the alleged data breach, according to a class action lawsuit filed in Florida earlier this month.

We hear from Mike Regan, senior editor at Bloomberg.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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