Unfortunately, data leaks are occurring more often. When a company's data is accessed due to a security breach, your private data is put at risk. Recently, National Public Data, a company that handles background checks,

Fidelity identified the threat two days later and terminated the bad actor's access. As for what information was stolen—well, we have to look at a separate filing that TechCrunch found on the Massachusetts state government's website.

According to a new notice filed with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, Fidelity Investments was targeted in a data breach. More than 77,000 customers have had their sensitive personal information compromised.