One Important Takeaway from the CapitalOne Hack

As part of a far-ranging conversation I had with a recent high school graduate, we touched on the CapitalOne hack. That breach did not affect her, but I said that she needed to act as if all her financial information was already available to criminals. Is it, even for one so young?

Doesn’t matter. The point was we all should act as though someone knows our Social Security Number, our driver’s license, our address, has our bank account numbers, credit card numbers, Medicare number, and health i...