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title: "What do you do when your personal information is hacked? 3 tips on how to protect yourself"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/what-do-you-do-when-your-personal-information-is-hacked-3-tips-on-how-to-protect-yourself/"
date: "2015-06-29T06:48:28+00:00"
section: "Identity Theft"
tags:
  - "Data Breach"
  - "Identity Theft"
source: "fox28.com"
source_url: "http://www.fox28.com/story/29397467/2015/06/24/what-do-you-do-when-your-personal-information-is-hacked-3-tips-on-how-to-protect-yourself"
---

# What do you do when your personal information is hacked? 3 tips on how to protect yourself

June 29, 2015 · Reported by fox28.com

> Posted: The federal government couldn’t stop them so can you? The cyber-hack attacks on the IRS and the Office of Personnel Management have left millions of Americans’ private data exposed but there are ways to keep internet thieves at bay.The data breach at OPM is much bigger than first reported. An estimated 18-million current, former, and prospective federal employees may be affected. So what can you do to build up your own cyber-defense plan? First, start thinking differently.

[Read the full article at fox28.com](http://www.fox28.com/story/29397467/2015/06/24/what-do-you-do-when-your-personal-information-is-hacked-3-tips-on-how-to-protect-yourself)

**Tags:** [Data Breach](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/data-breach/) · [Identity Theft](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/identity-theft/)