Usually only a very small percentage of those offered free credit monitoring after a breach sign up for it. I was therefore surprised to see almost a third of those affected by one breach in Alaska earlier this year sign up.
Pat Forgey reports:
More than 25,000 anxious public employees and retirees have signed up for credit protection services after a state contractor last year lost personal data on 77,000 current and former state, municipal and school employees, state officials say.
Read more in the Anchorage Daily News.