What to know about the recent social security data breach [Video]

A data breach revealed at least 2.9 billion Americans may have had their sensitive online information stolen by hackers.

Hackers are mostly looking to make money off of this stolen information, as a majority of stolen information will be sold on the dark web to a variety of shady groups or individuals.

“They are trying to get access to about everything they can alongside that,” said Douglas Whitman, chief information security for Midland College. “They are looking for your date of birth, your address, your social security number, basically anything that they can use to open up a line of credit under your name, maybe get access to your bank account information or they are looking to just milk you for as much money as they can.”

Whitman helps keep the data at Midland College safe …