Security Tip Saturday

In case you haven't see any news in the past few days, the health insurance Anthem was hacked.  They estimate that the personal information of over 80 million of their insured members was stolen.  As our luck would have it, that's who our insurance is with at work and that's who the 'Rents have their insurance with. 
Anthem said that they would be sending letters to the people who were were affected.  While we are waiting anxiously to see if the letters come to us, we are taking precautions.  First of all, Anthem is going to provide monitoring for a year for their members.  This morning, I took a few minutes and got me and the 'Rents signed up for that.   I'm already signed up for Lifelock, but the 'Rents weren't covered until today.  Later on this afternoon, I am going to go to the AAA website and get the 'Rents signed up for their free identity theft monitoring.  This is all part of our AAA membership.  Second, I am going to go over our checking accounts every day or two like clockwork to make sure no fraudulent charges appear. 

So take a tip from me.  If you have an AAA membership, sign up for their free identity theft protection. And if you pay for AOL (America Online), they offer free identity theft protection as part of your monthly subscription.  If you don't have either of these, then spend a few bucks and sign up for Lifelock. And also do like I do - go over your checking account every day or two.  We work too hard for our money to have some hackers take it away.

As always, be safe.