How to protect your information after National Public Data breach [Video]

Millions of social security numbers could potentially be compromised.

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Documents from a lawsuit revealed that more than 2.9 billion records may have been compromised because of a hack of the Florida-based national Public Data network.

In a statement posted to their website, the company confirmed there was a breach and that it’s cooperating with authorities.

Cybersecurity experts say, as a precaution, every American needs to be taking measures now to protect themselves.

The concern is just how large this data breach was and how hackers can find much of your personal information in just one spot.

National Public Data is a background check company that businesses and even the government uses.

9 Investigates spoke with Jon Taylor with the Orlando-based Fortress Information Security about just how much this affects you. He showed us public sites like npd.pentester.com where you can check if your information was compromised.

There, you could see just how much information is out there by searching …