Wife's Gmail, Instagram, Airbnb, Venmo, PayPal, and Ticketmaster accounts were hacked. We're starting to feel helpless and looking for any help we can get...

The social media Ticket Master etc. Sucks but all you really need and should protect is your financial assets.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this if you can combine funds into enough to meet the minimum use any private banking like www.ustrust.com or chase private banking. You meet in person and they won't let you do anything like a big transfer of investment or savings checking etc without "secret" set of passwords and extensive knowledge of your family and what you would and wouldn't do... so that if someone was requesting liquidation who isn't you and that would involve an in person meeting with your banking advisor. Impossible social engineer. Plus their Authentication and ability to preset limits on CC or transfers that cannot be reversed without meeting is hack proof. Of it happened you drive to their office and it's immediately reversed.

Stop using Venmo and PayPal and use a legitimate Private client bank for all your assets and payments you'd be surprised if you combine house, IRA, checking, savings into these services most people can meet the requirements.

FYI can't hack private banking or social engineer it. That's why you never hear of famous people losing their net worth. They don't use commercial banks and their personal info is everywhere.

/r/personalfinance Thread