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Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Hackers have found a way into that data supply chain, and are advertising access in group chats used by violent criminals who rob, assault, and shoot targets.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This isn't a new thing, these services have been around for a long time. True people search blew it out of the water and it's free. I highly suggest submitting a data removal request to them if you live in the US.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/removal

Follow the instructions on this page, got it done in a couple minutes

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