[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Combined General and Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[SeeSharp]

So I guess the banks will soon be sending out all new credit cards.

[seastay]

The breach is ironic, considering that many customers come to Equifax after being victimized from other services. Companies whose customer databases are hacked often give a free year of credit monitoring, one of the major services Equifax provides, as consolation. Victims of the massive 2014 hack of the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management, for instance, were given Equifax services to help monitor potential identity theft.

[JoSixChip]

I heard that if you enroll in their identity theft protection you have to sign away any liability they have for not protecting your information.

[LTC.Ret]

Went to www.equifaxsecurity2017.com as stated in the article. Clicked on the button to check and see if my info was compromised. Malwarebytes blocked the site -— yikes!!!

[CaptainK]

1) Freeze your credit report on all three credit agencies.

2) Apply for the free 90 day fraud alert on all 3 agencies. Remember to renew it at the end of the 90 day period.

3) If you have the money, sign up with a company like Lifelock.

[Vendome]

Impacted and enrolled...

[bobrlbob]

you think I should trust those who HACKED ME

[cyclotic]

We’ve already been notified and are scheduled for credit monitoring

[BunnySlippers]

Bookmark

[C210N]

I wanted to see if I was impacted. So, instead of “C210n”, I entered my “real” name - “Smith”, and last 6 digits of Social... 123456 (I know, sounds like the combo of luggage lock).

I was affected.

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[Jonny7797]

Damn site crashes on me each time I try it.

[fivecatsandadog]

Bookmark

[sparklite2]

The company suggests you sign up for credit file monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Yeah, I’ll bet. And they just happen to sell it.

[DoughtyOne]

I have some vicious passwords.

If someone wants to have their computer try to break one of them, I say go for it. At the rate of 1000 tries per second it would only take roughly 15 Quintilian years for them to break one of them.

I use a VPN when I’m in public.

I’m not happy at all about the Equifax problem.

I’m sure it isn’t the first time my information has been out there.

D1

[Karl Spooner]

I read when this first out that if you check on your status you automatically lose some of your legal rights in regards to fraud protection. What that involves I have no idea. I didn’t attempt to go any further after reading that.

[super7man]

Lock your credit at all three credit bureaus.

[Revel]

I read that Equifax also has there own Fraud protection service. So I guess that anyone who has been using that service actually just had fraud committed on them because they were using the service. Glad to find out that am not considered one of the ones that was not affected.

[Bob434]

[[The company suggests you sign up for... identity theft protection.]]

Yup- because they did so well the first time protecting people’s identities