Who can the normal everyday consumer trust with their information? I’ll tell you who. . . No one! PlayStation Network, JP Morgan, Teachers Retirement System (Texas) and Verizon have all been hacked in the last six weeks. I think a lot of these companies such as Epsilon and LastPass have lost the trust of their clients and customers. Obviously there needs to be some kind of restructuring of their systems. Can we maybe hire some of these hackers or at least not taunt them (Sony)? Seriously, if you can’t protect my personally information better than this find someone who can.

To add further insult to injury Sony did not notify their customers until a week after they realized the breach had happened. I initially found out from HLN’s Morning Express with Robin Meade. I received an email from Sony later (much later) that afternoon. I have been notified (several times) that I should change my password immediately, but seeing as the network has been shut down for almost three weeks; I don’t know how I am supposed to do that exactly.

When I finally calmed down from the Epsilon and PSN fiasco; I received yet ANOTHER email from Verizon wireless that they also had been hacked. Then I get an email that Texas’ Teacher Retirement System had been hacked as well. In fact my roommate informed me that all state workers’ information was compromised. I mean what can I do but monitor my credit?

Is their no genius out there to come up with a new way to identify people? This system is clearly not working. Or can we find an actual secure system? The only solution I can see is to reach out to some of these hackers and get their insights on ways to secure networks. Paying someone to tighten security would probably cost less than having to pay for free credit protection subscriptions for members (TRS and PlayStation).

It’s getting to the point where Equifax, Transunion, and Experian should have every Citizen’s credit flagged. With practically every company that services me being breached; I am starting to believe that maybe I would do better posting my social security number on here for all to see.