Your SSN may have been compromised.
I debated the subject of this email a bit. It's the sort of subject that might raise red flags because it sounds scary, and I don't like to scare people, but something happened recently that scared me a bit.
National Public Data, a company that collects credit information on almost everyone in the U.S. (Name / Address / Birthday / SSN) got hacked.
If you live in the U.S., it's very likely your data has been compromised, as almost everyone I've checked in the US has been. Their valid SSN and other information are now freely available to hackers.
You can go here to check if your information is compromised.
If you want more details, we created a special edition podcast to discuss this problem.
We will be releasing another episode this week to give you advice on what to do if your information has been compromised, which is likely if you live in the U.S.