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The credit-reporting giant Equifax warned on Thursday that more than 100 million Americans could be affected by a cyber hacking that hit the company’s secure data.
According to the company’s officials, hackers got access to information for nearly 44% of the U.S. population.
Lovely (insert sarcasm here). I swear it feels like every few months my information is at risk because of these kinds of attacks. I am sure others feel the same: words can't describe how annoying it is!
Anyway, thanks berdee. I heard it from you first. Time to review everything and freeze my credit yet again just to be on the safe side. I don't plan on opening any lines of credit anytime soon anyway.
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Lovely (insert sarcasm here). I swear it feels like every few months my information is at risk because of these kinds of attacks. I am sure others feel the same: words can't describe how annoying it is!
Anyway, thanks berdee. I heard it from you first. Time to review everything and freeze my credit yet again just to be on the safe side. I don't plan on opening any lines of credit anytime soon anyway.
I completely agree.
I'd frozen my reports years ago, I have all of the credit that I want or need, and don't see needing any new lines of credit in the near or far future. Though, if there does come a time when I do need a type of credit that I don't have then it's a fairly painless process to thaw a report for a short period of time.
Click on Potential Impact and it has you enter your last name and last 6 of your SSN. I did this morning and it showed us as likely compromised. From there it will take you to a link to enroll in their free monitoring service.
Click on Potential Impact and it has you enter your last name and last 6 of your SSN. I did this morning and it showed us as likely compromised. From there it will take you to a link to enroll in their free monitoring service.
According to Bloomberg, the lawsuit was filed in Portloand, Oregon. Customers say that Equifax has been negligent when it comes to information security. Two firms are leading the class action lawsuit, Olsen Daines PC and Geragos & Geragos. They’re asking for billions in damages.
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According to Bloomberg, the lawsuit was filed in Portloand, Oregon. Customers say that Equifax has been negligent when it comes to information security. Two firms are leading the class action lawsuit, Olsen Daines PC and Geragos & Geragos. They’re asking for billions in damages.
Interesting. When you check your id, it gives you a link and a date you are eligible to enroll. I didn't enroll yet. I think the smarter thing to do is freeze our credit for awhile.
According to Bloomberg, the lawsuit was filed in Portloand, Oregon. Customers say that Equifax has been negligent when it comes to information security. Two firms are leading the class action lawsuit, Olsen Daines PC and Geragos & Geragos. They’re asking for billions in damages.
Came here to say the same thing. Don't sign up for their "free" service. It's a bit like shooting you in the foot and then absolving themselves of any liability by giving you a band-aid. I hope a judge strikes down their arbitration clause.
All of my (three) credit cards offer free credit monitoring as part of their service now. Chances are anyone with a credit card will have at least one that does, too.
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I think the smarter thing to do is freeze our credit for awhile.
