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Walk It Through: The Breach Letter

A letter about stolen data, two years of protection, a credit card nobody applied for, and a suit for $1,000 or treble.

A letter says a company's systems were breached and a name and Social Security number were taken.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A breach of computerized data held by a business, followed by a fraudulent credit card. Medical identity theft, a breach by a state agency and credit report disputes are left to the pages.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.