A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

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Data breaches just hit a record high and even the notices you get may not tell you what to do next. Consumer Investigator ...

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...

"These changes will address historic challenges the IRS has faced," according to the federal agency of the U.S. government.

A congressional investigation estimates broker breaches have cost consumers $20 billion in identity theft. Major brokers now promise to make it easier to opt out of their databases.

A new minority report from Congress’s Joint Economic Committee says a small club of data broker firms has saddled U.S.

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