Data breach at Equifax exposes 143m people

[Anonymous]

WTF. This is massive. Privacy is official dead.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/equifax-cyberattack.html

[Anonymous]

Jinx!!

[Anonymous]

"The company created a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, to help consumers determine whether their data was at risk."

We're supposed to trust THAT site?

[Anonymous]

The website they set up to deal with this is absolutely awful. It gives me even less faith in them than they did before because it doesn't even work the way they say it will work, and they're delaying enrollment.

[Anonymous]

Ha! I always knew this would happen. There is absolutely no reason certain information needs to be stored in a manner that is accessible externally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"The company created a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, to help consumers determine whether their data was at risk."

We're supposed to trust THAT site?

lol I thought the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Ugh we ar military and therefore have dealt with identity theft 3 times now in the last 5 years.


The real scam are the 3 credit bureaus themselves--- explain to me why I have to pay THEM to find out my own financial situation? And honestly kudos to the hackers... what a perfect place to go. They now how all my financial info tied up with my ssn- two birds!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The company created a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, to help consumers determine whether their data was at risk."

We're supposed to trust THAT site?

lol I thought the same thing.

Lol. "enter your ssn, cc# with code, birthdate and bank account info and we will see if that matches our hacked data"

[Anonymous]

Freeze your credit acts people. Including your children's.

[Anonymous]

I just saw this! WTF??

My credit is frozen, but haven't thought to freeze my kid's. Good point. Do people actually do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw this! WTF??

My credit is frozen, but haven't thought to freeze my kid's. Good point. Do people actually do that?

Who do you call to do this? Wait...equifax?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw this! WTF??

My credit is frozen, but haven't thought to freeze my kid's. Good point. Do people actually do that?

How do you freeze your credit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw this! WTF??

My credit is frozen, but haven't thought to freeze my kid's. Good point. Do people actually do that?

How do you freeze your credit?

And then, how do you use your credit in the meantime?

[Anonymous]

I work for the Federal government and my information has been hacked twice. I think my information was also hacked through one of the recent breaches at a private company (Target?). Honestly, I can't keep up anymore.

I think it's time to rethink the whole idea of "secure" personally identifiable information (SSN, DOB, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The company created a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, to help consumers determine whether their data was at risk."

We're supposed to trust THAT site?

lol I thought the same thing.

The terms of service say that you agree to use arbitration and can't join a class action suit against them. CFPB is cautioning people about using the site.