What is in that letter about credit monitoring you get after a data breach?

By Amanda Aronczyk

Published November 22, 2024 at 4:18 AM EST

When a company gets hacked and your customer data is compromised, you often get a letter offering credit monitoring. What exactly are you signing up for if you opt in for that?

Amanda Aronczyk

Amanda Aronczyk (she/her) is a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, NPR's award-winning podcast that finds creative, entertaining ways to make sense of the big, complicated forces that move our economy. She joined the team in October 2019.

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