Category: social security number

The SSN: A History Lesson

Regular readers of my column know that I try to avoid the use of Social Security jargon, abbreviations and acronyms as much as possible. That even goes as far as the name of the agency that runs the Social Security program. Although I must frequently do it, I just don’t like referring to the SSA…


Pennsylvania Health System Sued Over Data Breach Affecting 461,000 Patients

A healthcare system with services in 17 Pennsylvania counties says a ransomware incident last year allowed unknown actors to access sensitive patient information such as Social Security numbers, medical records, and health insurance information. Wilkes-Barre-based Maternal and Family Health Services Inc. (MFHS) discovered the breach on April 4, 2022. The sensitive patient information that could have…


Don’t Make It Easy for Scam Artists to Steal Your Personal Information

By Steve Rosen From Tribune Content Agency One thing I learned years ago was to never share my Social Security number and date of birth with anyone on the internet or my cell phone, especially strangers. That was hammered home for me recently when a Kids & Money reader sought help from me regarding the…


Frenchwoman Officially Considered Dead Fights to Be ‘Alive’ Again

SAINT-JOSEPH, France—Declared dead by a French court in 2017, Jeanne Pouchain has spent the past four years trying to escape a bewildering legal twilight zone and prove to officialdom that she is in fact very much alive. She says the experience has been devastating. “My name was Jeanne. It still is Jeanne, after I’ve been…