The Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that the cybersecurity departments within the national public security organs have handled over 27,000 cases of online rumor dissemination and investigated 31,000 individuals for spreading false information since the beginning of this year.

You can take steps to protect yourself if your Social Security number was stolen in the December 2023 National Public Data breach as part of the massive theft of a reported 2.9 billion records. Here's how.