Medicare recipients’ information was part of a data breach [Video]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Getting a letter in the mail saying your personal information was likely made available to hackers in a data breach can be a lot to take in. There are so many questions: Am I in danger of identity theft? What do I do now?

Sometimes you may not even recognize the company or organization that sent the letter and had your information in the first place.

VERIFY viewer Joan E. in Largo wanted to know if the notice she recently received was real, or just another ploy by scammers.

Joan received a letter informing her that personal information associated with her Medicare plan was “likely affected” in a “sophisticated cyberattack” involving a firm contracted by the U.S. Department of Justice called Greylock McKinnon …