SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Better Business Bureau say almost 80 million Americans could be victims of the Anthem Insurance data breach including some South Dakotans.
Jessie Schmidt with the BBB says this breach involves your name, address, date of birth and Social Security number to make a whole false identity.
Schmidt says if your information has been breached you need to act now and freeze your credit. She also advises freezing the credit of you children so the scammer won't take advantage of making a fake identity from their information.
Schmidt says take advantage of the free credit monitoring services Anthem offers on theor website.