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Equifax may have had another security breach
Posted on 10/12/17 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 10/12/17 at 1:30 pm
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The consumer credit reporting company said its security teams are looking into another possible breach barely one month after it disclosed a hack that left exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people.
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 1:51 pm to LSUDVM1999
Not surprising anymore. For any company.
It's a not a matter of if your credit file or personal information will get hacked. It's when it will get hacked.
That's why I applied a credit freeze for my wife and me with all three credit bureaus.
Better to take 10 minutes out of my day to enter my PIN to remove the credit freeze than to spend hours and hours trying to clean up identity theft.
It's a not a matter of if your credit file or personal information will get hacked. It's when it will get hacked.
That's why I applied a credit freeze for my wife and me with all three credit bureaus.
Better to take 10 minutes out of my day to enter my PIN to remove the credit freeze than to spend hours and hours trying to clean up identity theft.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 1:52 pm to LSUDVM1999
Posted on 10/12/17 at 1:52 pm to Will Cover
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That's why I applied a credit freeze for my wife and me with all three credit bureaus.
Better to take 10 minutes out of my day to enter my PIN to remove the credit freeze than to spend hours and hours trying to clean up identity theft.
I did too. Cost me $20 for the two others and free from frickafax.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:00 pm to Will Cover
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That's why I applied a credit freeze for my wife and me with all three credit bureaus. Better to take 10 minutes out of my day to enter my PIN to remove the credit freeze than to spend hours and hours trying to clean up identity theft.
Explain how to do this b/c I'm interested in doing this for my wife and I. Who do I call? What are the steps I must take?
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:07 pm to mikelbr
I typed a fake last name and 6 random digits for the social security number under Equifax's "Am I Impacted?" search and this was my results
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:08 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Place a Security Freeze on Credit Reports
A security freeze protects against identity theft and the opening of fraudulent accounts with a consumer’s personal information. It will block an institution or lender from accessing a report, unless a pre-set PIN is provided to “thaw” the report; a credit report may be thawed at a particular bureau for a period of time or for a specific lender. Consumers must contact each of the bureaus listed below to place a security freeze.
Note: Each of the credit bureaus will give or allow you to create a PIN to be used to thaw or unfreeze your report in the future. It is very important you do not lose or forget this PIN! It is recommended to store it in multiple locations with other important documents, including a safe deposit box or home lockbox, or in a password-protected format electronically.
Go to each of the following sites to place a security freeze and follow the instructions; record and protect the PIN:
• • Equifax: LINK
• • Experian: LINK
• • Innovis: LINK
• • TransUnion: LINK
Some states charge fees to place a freeze, thaw or unfreeze a credit report; see the sites above for specific state details.
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:09 pm to jmorr34
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typed a fake last name and 6 random digits for the social security number under Equifax's "Am I Impacted?" search and this was my results
Fake and random to you, a-hole
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:32 pm to LSUDVM1999
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a hack that left exposed the personal information of EVERYONE WITH A CREDIT HISTORY
FIFThem
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:33 pm to LSUDVM1999
no debt = no score
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:39 pm to LSUDVM1999
If you don't have credit, they can't frick with it.
"Taps finger on temple"
"Taps finger on temple"
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:39 pm to Will Cover
I did this too but never did get a PIN number from Equifax, I just got an error message. I have since checked to see if my request for a freeze did in fact go through and it did. Thing is without a pin how am I going to unfreeze it? fricking turds!
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:48 pm to LSUDVM1999
Well , I will gladly let any hacker steal my credit. It's so bad they could only make it go higher. 
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:50 pm to LeClerc
Equifax should be discredited and disbanded, but instead were just awarded a huge security contract from the IRS.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:51 pm to rantfan
I’ve been trying to file a dispute for a matter that doesn't involve the security breach, and equifax won’t let me
Posted on 10/12/17 at 2:55 pm to LSU921
thanks for that info!!
Posted on 10/12/17 at 3:04 pm to LSUDVM1999
So how do companies like LifeLock not get hacked too?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 3:17 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
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Explain how to do this b/c I'm interested in doing this for my wife and I. Who do I call? What are the steps I must take?
I did all of this on-line at each credit bureau's web site. Clark Howard's step by step guide
Posted on 10/12/17 at 3:48 pm to LSUDVM1999
if you put a credit freeze with one you are suppose to be covered by the other two.
that is what i read, i put my through with equifax since it is free.
that is what i read, i put my through with equifax since it is free.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 3:56 pm to Tiger Roux
Nope.
Freeze has to be done at each.
Fraud alert done with one must be shared with the others.
Freeze has to be done at each.
Fraud alert done with one must be shared with the others.
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