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Yahoo Breech! Is Your Credit at Risk? What You Can Do to Protect Yourself! Hackers Stole Data From 500 Million Yahoo Accounts (Videos)

Sunday, September 25, 2016 9:39

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9-25-16

Business Wire reports A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.

The recent Yahoo data breach affects over 500 million accounts. Is your credit at risk?

You’ve probably heard about the Yahoo!^® data breach which affects over 500 million accounts. Yahoo noted that stolen information may include names, emails, security questions, phone numbers, and dates of birth.

As breach incidents are becoming increasingly commonplace, it’s important that we all remain vigilant in protecting our personal information.

If you have not done so already, please make sure you do these three things:

1) Change your Yahoo password immediately, as well as for any accounts that are using the same password. As a rule of thumb, you will want to create unique complex passwords as a strong first defense for every online account.

2) Regularly inspect credit card bills, phone bills, bank statements, and Experian^® Credit Report to look for any potential signs of unauthorized use of your information.

Visit our blog for a quick step-by-step guide or copy and paste this URL into your browser:
http://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/audio-credit-101-checking-report-identity-theft/

3) If you suspect you’re a victim of identity theft, you will need to determine if you should put a credit freeze or fraud alert on your credit report.

View a visual checklist on our blog or copy and paste this URL into your browswer:
http://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/infographic-whats-right-when-your-identity-is-stolen-a-credit-freeze-or-fraud-alert/

Remember to take a deep breath and relax – you’re not in this alone. We are here to help you understand ways to proactively protect your information and support you when you need us.

ARE YOU COMPLETELY PREPARED?

IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PREP YOU CAN DO!

The Bible tells us that every human has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God which is is a heart-penetrating truth. He has provided a way to cleanse us of our sins since we can never be “good enough” to cleanse ourselves. That avenue to God’s grace, mercy and forgiveness (the cleansing of our sins) is through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth Who is equally God.

Not one of us are guaranteed a “tomorrow”. Has your time run out? Will you continue to ignore the promptings of God the Holy Spirit or have you awakened to the essential need for God, risking eternal damnation?

God the Holy Father, God the Holy Son and God the Holy Spirit are One God, the true, living, uncreated God Who is ever-present, all knowing, all powerful and all loving. He desires that every single person be forgiven, saved and to live eternally with Him. He is our only real protection and His love for you is unchanging. Accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, the true Messiah, today.

You can’t take your salvation for a test drive. You’re all-in or not.

Admit to Him that you are a sinner in need of forgiveness, that you are truly sorry for your sins. Acknowledge that He died for your sins, rose from the dead and lives forevermore. Invite Him into your life and to help you to turn from sin. Rejoice! You just became a Christian! Now trust in Him and get to know Him through the Bible which tells us everything we need to know and through prayer/talking to Him. He eagerly desires relationship with you.

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