<prompt> Human: 63,000 SSN were stolen from the University of Central Florida this past month. Mine was one of them an. I am currently a freshman 19 years old . Story: I am an employee at UCF OPS classification as well as a student. I have never used my credit before and havent done much with my SSN except for school government work related requests.UCF is giving all impacted will receive one year of free credit monitoring and identity-protection services. Im very concerned that is not enough time to make sure my credit and ID are safe, especially since within the next 10-15 years I will be making very large purchases with credit I.e Car House What should be my next steps to ensure theres no long lasting impact on me?  <response>: Youre right, Its probably not enough time. 2-3 years would be the normal period in which you would see your information sold and potentially used. You may wish to sign up for continued credit monitoring on your own after the year is up.However you dont need a fancy service at all. Review your credit report once per year for any new cards or accounts you didnt open. Google yourself once in a while, see if your name is popping up in unusual places. Review your credit card statements, which you should do anyway. This is exactly the stuff these services do for you on their own and for a bit of extra work, you can do the same things yourself. 