Like when I read 3 Billion National Public Data Records with SSNs, Addresses Dumped Online, am I supposed to access that data dump or something to see if I got pwned? Are there equivalents to haveibeenpwned.com for this type of stuff? Any guides on what to do when these happen? I feel like I’m doomscrolling or watching the news, and feeling depressed about the world as a result because I should be doing something but I can’t or it seems like I can’t.
Even though I know better than to put such personal info online, but that doesn’t eliminate the odds of them getting into breaches like these, and having started to be careful about digital privacy has opened my eyes to the sad state of privacy.
That’s the neat part. You don’t
To add to Possibly Linux’s precise and correct answer: Those leaks are made by hackers taking over organisation’s servers and publishing what they found, noone can control it not even orgs in question.
Actually the orgs in question can do things to secure the data before the hacking happens if they actually care