What??? One half of America has been hacked, social security numbers, the works! And this is what you've got, the Equifax propaganda!!!
Friday, September 8th 2017 at 7:39PM
Steve Williams
You can also see if your information is floating out there, as a public service, Steve. By the way, you should be out-rage that this hacking happened in the so-called private sector .
Fortunately I don't use the credit reporting agencies. Computer and network security has been a concern for decades but companies are always in a hurry and this is another case of sloppiness, like the DNC.
Saturday, September 9th 2017 at 1:08AM
Steve Williams
You don't have to be a customer of Equifax or the other two credit reporting agencies for your vital credit information to be stored on their computers.If you want to apply for a credit card, your credit information is there. If you want to buy a car on credit, your credit information is there. if you want to buy a house, your credit information is there also, in the form of a credit score I thought you knew that Steve.
How do you think that banks, credit card companies, and other institutions assess the likelihood that you can or will be able to pay off any debts you accumulate, all of this is done without your permission or your knowledge, the so-called private sector call it a public service.
Steve, how do you think it is best to have A higher credit score? That is away that indicates that your current financial circumstances and your historical behavior demonstrates a willingness and ability to pay off any loans you may be approved for.
Don't assume you are off the record or have went dark, out of reach of these three reporting agencies unless you live under a bridge.
Equifax: Breach Exposed Data of 143 Million Consumers Data Includes Drivers Licenses, Social Security Numbers, Birth Dates and Addresses
Credit reporting agency Equifax said Thursday a web application flaw exposed 143 million customer records to hackers, a startling breach from a company that ironically offers identity theft protection services. See Also: IoT is Happening Now: Are You Prepared?
The information exposed includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and in some cases, driver's license numbers, according to a news release. Although most of those affected are U.S. consumers, Equifax says some "limited personal" information for U.K. and Canadian residents was affected.
Equifax also says the breach exposed credit card numbers for 209,000 U.S. consumers. The hackers also accessed what Equifax described as "dispute documents" containing personal information for 182,000 U.S. consumers.
While not the largest breach on record, it's certainly one of most sensitive. Equifax is one of the largest aggregators of financial data related to U.S. consumers, and its records are used by a variety of other businesses to gauge a person's creditworthiness.
"On a scale of one to 10 in terms of risk to consumers, this is a 10," says Avivah Litan, a vice president with the analyst Gartner. "Equifax holds consumers' most personally sensitive financial information."
