In April 2021, Geico emailed a select number of their customers that had been affected by a breach. Between January 2021 and March 2021, Geico discovered unauthorized access to some customers’ driver’s license number. This information may have been used by the fraudsters to file for unemployment benefits, according to Geico.

What This Means

When a site is breached, your personal information can be accessed by hackers and can be made publicly available on the internet. Any information of a person has a chance to be exposed, no matter how secure the site can be.

How to Protect Yourself

There is no guaranteed way to prevent identity theft, however, there are certain actions you can take to protect yourself and limit your risk. Change all your passwords periodically, check your credit card and bank statements consistently, and use a credit monitoring service. Use these precautionary steps to reduce your risk of identity theft and follow us on social media for future data breach alerts.

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