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What should expats do about the recent data breach affecting American and Canadian citizens in Thailand?

Aug 15, 2024
6 months ago
🚨 Now Hear This, Now Hear This 🚨: Citizens of πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ if you are not aware, there was a data hack of every single citizen regarding your SSN & personal information overnight of the NPD (national public data) system affecting more than 7.5B people. If you’ve ever done a β€œbackground check” with an employer then you’ve most likely been compromised. A hacker group called USDOD is claiming responsibility for this. Advice: connect with your embassy in Thailand or your credit bureaus & banks back home if you can!! ⚠️ This is not a drill, take action now ⚠️ Good luck everyone πŸ€
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TLDR : Answer Summary
A major data breach reportedly affecting over 7.5 billion individuals, including citizens of the US and Canada, has raised concerns among expats in Thailand. The breach is linked to a hacker group named USDOD, putting citizens' personal data at risk. Users are advised to connect with their respective embassies and credit bureaus back home to protect their information. The post has drawn some skepticism and humor regarding the exaggerated number of affected Americans, highlighting confusion and inquiries about related actions for expats living in Thailand.
Joe ******
7.5B Americans πŸ˜‚
Phil ********
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ British people dont have SSN's.
Robert ********
Governments need to start considering this A. Terrorist act and take strict action against this
Randy ******
@Robert *******
Western governments are busy funding genocide
Sam ************
There aren't 7.5B Americans alive rn but ok
Heikki ********
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Lee ********
Send him your SSN and he'll investigate for you 🀣
Nick ************
Where is a link to a news source?
Xalis ******
Yeah so unfortunately all we can do is keep track of our current credits
Austin *********
This guy is the hack. Hacking our time. Stealing our valuable time.
Khadijah ********
Exactly like the episode from Mr.Robot 🀣
Matthew ********
7.5 billion Americans!???? That's funny because there's only about 340 million American!!
Ken ***********
Exactly what does this post have to do with Thai visas? Moderators ?
Brandon ************
@Ken **********
"and everything else"
Ken ***********
@Brandon ***********
so playing devil's advocate, since posts about illegal activity is not listed as banned, would these posts be allowed under the umbrella of "everything else" ?
Richard ********
@Ken **********
but it is totally incorrect.πŸ§πŸ§πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†
Carlos *********
Take action and do what? Change your SS number? What?
Charles ********
7.5b Americans? That's almost the entire population of the planet.
Carsten ************
@Charles *******
forgive him, he's American
Von ******
@Charles *******
correct. 345, 645, 222 Million in the USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, the OP has his hand on his own rudder!
Garrett ***********
7.5 billion Americans? Didn't know there's that many πŸ˜‚
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