Equifax Data Breach

[rekees4300]

Found this excellent article on Consumer Reports Online. It has 4 detailed steps to protect your assets and credit. The article is free, no subscription needed.

How to Lock Down Your Money After the Equifax Breach - Consumer Reports

 

[California]

It gets worse.

Did you enter personal data to request identity protection?

Equifax Has Been Sending Consumers to a Fake Phishing Site for Almost Two Weeks

The author of the fake site explains creating it cost $10 and took 10 minutes


Equifax has zero interest in your security. They have no reason to.

 

[vvanders]

Yeah, supposedly the exploit was already under active use 4 months(!) before disclosure: Massive Equifax hack reportedly started 4 months before it was detected | Ars Technica

Never liked companies where "you" are the product(see Facebook/et-all), their incentives are not aligned with keeping your data secure.

 

[rekees4300]

Yeah, supposedly the exploit was already under active use 4 months(!) before disclosure: Massive Equifax hack reportedly started 4 months before it was detected | Ars Technica

Never liked companies where "you" are the product(see Facebook/et-all), their incentives are not aligned with keeping your data secure.

Not surprised about the exploit 4 months before disclosure ... can you spell INCOMPETENCE? The credit bureaus have the same business model as the hackers, steal your data then sell it... both are vultures fighting over the same data spoils.

 

[masscity]

I froze mine at all 4 credit agencies. The fourth one is Innovis. I didn't know about this one until I read several articles about the problem.

 

[rekees4300]

I froze mine at all 4 credit agencies. The fourth one is Innovis. I didn't know about this one until I read several articles about the problem.

I did the same. Apparently there is the Big 3 who work together and Innovis is the red-headed stepchild the others ignore? :confused3:

 

[skipmarcy]

I also found out about the other one too and both my wife & I got freezes at all 4.

 

[Deere Dude]

I froze mine at all 4 credit agencies. The fourth one is Innovis. I didn't know about this one until I read several articles about the problem.

I did the same. Apparently there is the Big 3 who work together and Innovis is the red-headed stepchild the others ignore? :confused3:

I also found out about the other one too and both my wife & I got freezes at all 4.

That is good stuff, but for the more technologically inept, do any of you have the numbers needed to freeze credit accounts on the four data basis and could you share them?

 

[rekees4300]

That is good stuff, but for the more technologically inept, do any of you have the numbers needed to freeze credit accounts on the four data basis and could you share them?

Equifax: 866-640-2273 (they will notify Experian & TransUnion)
Innovis: 800-540-2505

 

[Deere Dude]

Equifax: 866-640-2273 (they will notify Experian & TransUnion)
Innovis: 800-540-2505

Thanks a lot.