What can a US citizen do regarding the theft of Mt Gox PII data (Passports, etc)

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A hacker is selling Personally Identifiable information (PII) stolen from Mt Gox.

What can a US citizen do to protect their identity? What steps should they take?

goodguys_activate

Posted 2014-03-11T22:22:54.603

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Question was closed 2014-03-19T00:45:47.393

1You might get better answers at money.se.Nate Eldredge 2014-03-11T23:23:49.150

4This question appears to be off-topic because it is about identity theft protection.Greg Hewgill 2014-03-11T23:53:27.543

This is not related to the question per se, but do you have some proof that this data is currently being sold?Salvador Dali 2014-03-12T02:54:37.703

1Yes there is plenty of evidence... Pastebin and Bitcoin talk have it. If this isn't closed tomorrow when i get to a computer I'll update will all the relevant links. He's now doing extortion... Asking for .5 btc to not sell your data.goodguys_activate 2014-03-12T03:37:09.703

@SalvadorDali added link.. there are more.goodguys_activate 2014-03-12T15:54:59.550

Wow, this is really sad. Directors of mtgox should be jailed for such blatant irresponsibility about customers data...Salvador Dali 2014-03-12T18:25:28.153

1There no specific evidence that the data is being sold, but the people who have it claim they are selling it.David Schwartz 2014-03-12T20:34:59.343

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