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The PaidWork breach exposed 23 million user records, which puts Social Security number exposure on dark web markets back at the center of the personal finance conversation. The case for acting quickly is clear.
The complication is that once your data is leaked, copied and reposted across criminal networks, you almost certainly cannot get it back.
Why the right goal is reduction, not removal Kurt Knutsson, known online as CyberGuy, makes the argument directly: the smart response to SSN exposure is to reduce how useful that information is to criminals, not to focus on erasing it from dark web channels.
That shift in framing changes what you prioritize. A credit freeze at all three major credit bureaus is the strongest first step.
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