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Equifax data leak could involve 143 million consumers
Techcrunch ^
| 9/7/2017
| Ron Miller
Posted on 09/07/2017 2:19:50 PM PDT by granite
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:19:50 PM PDT
by
granite
To: granite
Yet, no one will lose their job. Incompetence is never punished.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:22:19 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
To: granite
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:23:33 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: granite
“It then hired a cybersecurity firm...”
Probably a good idea to hire these firms BEFORE the leaks...and yes, I wouldn’t mind jailing execs who don’t take the security of their customers seriously.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:23:54 PM PDT
by
BobL
(In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
To: granite
Long on big numbers and short on facts.
People having access doesn’t mean people definitely downloaded part or all of the information.
One thinks of two 13 year olds goofing around because they are bored.
“Hey, we got in. What next?” “Hey mom, can we order pizza and watch ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’”
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:25:59 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(One man's DACA, is 330 million other men's caca.)
To: granite
Thank you for posting this!!!
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:26:11 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
To: granite
It has always bugged me that these “credit companies”
(equifax, transunion, and experian)
make a whole lot money of off my private information
(any yours and everyone else’s)
but I don’t get any cut of the action.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:30:33 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
To: CatOwner
Has Equifax bothered to contact the “customers?”
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:33:41 PM PDT
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: granite
No surprise. When I request my free annual credit reports, Equifax is the one whose web site always fails; and I have to phone in my report request.
In a list of industries that are overrun with incompetence, I think information technology is second only to journalism.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:45:33 PM PDT
by
snarkpup
(The swamp is draining; and the alligators are allegating.)
To: granite
I would bet this was intentional. If the people won’t submit and become serfs by their own will we will make them!
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:45:40 PM PDT
by
Envisioning
(Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
To: granite
July 29th. As usual, it’s being reported over a month after the fact. Screw the “customers” who have no choice about these dummies storing thier PII in digital shoeboxes. Now it’s onward, business as usual, no consequences.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:54:03 PM PDT
by
bluejean
(The lunatics are running the asylum)
To: snarkpup
In a list of industries that are overrun with incompetence, I think information technology is second only to journalism. As an IT Professional with more than 30 s experience under my belt, I can say quite accurately that you have outsourcing everything to India to thank for that.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:54:56 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: granite
Kill Equifax, as an example to encourage the others to do better....
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:56:31 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: bluejean
I checked two people on their site. One went straight to signup for protection. Second said looks like no breach of dats.
Now calling to see what is going on.
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:56:35 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
(can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
To: ptsal
They are going to send mail notices
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posted on
09/07/2017 2:59:35 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
(can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
To: usconservative
As an IT Professional with more than 30 s experience under my belt, I can say quite accurately that you have outsourcing everything to India to thank for that.I have the same resume and the same observation. The last company I worked for replaced its engineers with kids from India and a few from Europe. They were cheap, but couldn't make anything that worked.
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posted on
09/07/2017 3:08:23 PM PDT
by
snarkpup
(The swamp is draining; and the alligators are allegating.)
To: usconservative
Call American Express customer service and some woman or guy from India will answer.
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posted on
09/07/2017 3:14:04 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Liberals Do Not Want Children To Be Children)
To: granite
To: BobL; CatOwner; All
I initially read it as “Customers”, but the article says “consumers”. I was ready to raise hell about that - I’m NOT a “customer” of Equifax. I’m the product. Their customers are banks, mortgage companies, credit card issuers, etc. Equifax keeps all that highly sensitive information for the benefit of themselves and their real “customers”. Not for our benefit (unless you need a loan). And I don’t.
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posted on
09/07/2017 3:18:17 PM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
To: CodeToad
These credit rating companies have far too much power and zero accountability when they screw up. The consequences for identity theft or hacking just get tossed onto the consumer's shoulders.
I have been saying for years that we need laws that make any entity that demands your personal information wholly liable for any and all consequences of misuse of that data. Put all of the burden on their shoulders and we would quickly see them take security much more seriously. The current situation only incentivizes the mass collection of personal information, but not its protection.
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posted on
09/07/2017 3:44:26 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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