BREAKING REPORT: ⚠️ Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American.

Initial reports indicate 2.9 BILLION records were compromised.

Teresa Murray, the consumer watchdog director for the U.S. Public Information Research Group, warned that the breach, which contains Social Security numbers and other sensitive information, could lead to a surge in identity theft, fraud, and other criminal activities.

“If this in fact is pretty much the whole dossier on all of us, it certainly is much more concerning” than prior breaches, Murray said in an interview. “And if people weren’t taking precautions in the past, which they should have been doing, this should be a five-alarm wake-up call for them.” per L.A times