Well you have an incentive when you read stuff like this: - Hackers from China are believed to have stolen the social security number for every US federal empl

Well you have an incentive when you read stuff like this: - Hackers from China are believed to have stolen the social security number for every US federal employee in a cyber-attack much larger than it first seemed (2015) - For the first time ever, data breaches compromised more Social Security numbers (35 percent) than credit card numbers (30 percent). The Equifax breach was largely responsible for that. (2017) - If a cyberthief has your name, address and SSN, he is not far from being able to steal your identity. (2018)