A security breach of historic magnitude may have exposed your credit card information. Millions and millions of confidential files have been compromised:

“…On Tuesday, with all eyes on the inauguration, Heartland Payment Systems, a company that processes 100 million credit card transactions for 1750,000 merchants every month, announced that its computer system was hacked. Last year. Hundreds of millions of credit card numbers were potentially exposed.”

link: Consumer Alert: The Great Credit Card Heist

The suggestion has been made to check all credit card statements meticulously. It is possible to place a fraud alert on your credit report. This data breach has compromised the security and privacy of millions of people. Act now to safeguard yourself from identity theft. Be preventative. It will save hours and hours of cleaning up the financial mess if indeed you are a victim.

Catherine Forsythe