Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16270808/equifax-data-breach-us-identity-theft
Equifax, the enormous collector of insanely sensitive identity and financial information for Americans, has had 143m records stolen through a data breach. Possibly the most critical company for establishing the identity of Americans (the term "stolen identity" often refers to someone tricking Equifax, not actually getting your identity) now has exposed that information.
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You have to ask yourself why they waited 6 weeks before disclosing this breach. I get that they want to investigate the breach and have as many answers as possible but the flip side is that, this means that for 6 weeks, people's data has been out there. That's 6 weeks of unknown exposure. That seems irresponsible.
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@nashbrydges said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
You have to ask yourself why they waited 6 weeks before disclosing this breach. I get that they want to investigate the breach and have as many answers as possible but the flip side is that, this means that for 6 weeks, people's data has been out there. That's 6 weeks of unknown exposure. That seems irresponsible.
That is not relevant as the data has been out for months prior to this anyway.
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@jaredbusch That's totally relevant. Lmao. Agreed they suspect the breach took place between May and July when it was discovered, once it is discovered, the responsible thing to do is let the affected individuals know immediately. Not wait 6 more weeks. That's just stupid and irresponsible.
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I am on the list
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@aaronstuder said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
I am on the list
Just about everyone is.
Big deal, lock your shit down and deal with it.
Unfortunately there is no way to no longer not be compromised.
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@aaronstuder said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
I am on the list
143m Americans means basically every working adult is compromised. Pretty sure Equifax gathering financial data on minors would be illegal.
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@dustinb3403 said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
Unfortunately there is no way to no longer not be compromised.
Exactly. I have this, and have had it for years.
https://www.zanderins.com/idtheft2
Complete and Unlimited Restoration provides true white glove service by transferring the restoration work directly to a Certified Identity Theft Specialist available 24/7/365.
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@aaronstuder said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
@dustinb3403 said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
Unfortunately there is no way to no longer not be compromised.
Exactly. I have this, and have had it for years.
https://www.zanderins.com/idtheft2
Complete and Unlimited Restoration provides true white glove service by transferring the restoration work directly to a Certified Identity Theft Specialist available 24/7/365.
ID theft protection is worthless when literally every adult in the US is compromised. You literally have to just shut down equifax, and give everyone new information.
SS numbers weren't meant as a means of identifying who someone is. How the hell can you tell who someone is because they can say number numbers over a phone call...
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In 2014.. .
There were about 125.9 million adults in the US
So literally everybody is f***ed at this point. Time to go to creditors and tell them to refuse to provide credit based on the methods they've been using.
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@dustinb3403 said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
In 2014.. .
There were about 125.9 million adults in the US
So literally everybody is f***ed at this point. Time to go to creditors and tell them to refuse to provide credit based on the methods they've been using.
Yep. Freeze your credit profile.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/06/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-embrace-the-security-freeze/ -
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@nashbrydges said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
@jaredbusch That's totally relevant. Lmao. Agreed they suspect the breach took place between May and July when it was discovered, once it is discovered, the responsible thing to do is let the affected individuals know immediately. Not wait 6 more weeks. That's just stupid and irresponsible.
Not really. Because it also takes time to first, plug the hole, then figure out what was actually taken.
Now, I am not trying to defend Equifax because they have a horrid track record in the first place. But your assertion that it should be immediately announced it assinine.
It is this type of mentality that is wrong with so much of the public. Facts are important. Not your emotional reaction, that will very likely be proven wrong.
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Just in case there are those like me that did not consider this. If you fall for the "Free" credit monitoring offered by Equifax, upon agreement you forfeit your right to sue for any damages. Not that I could afford to sue, but if you can or might dont fall for it.
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@popester said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
Just in case there are those like me that did not consider this. If you fall for the "Free" credit monitoring offered by Equifax, upon agreement you forfeit your right to sue for any damages. Not that I could afford to sue, but if you can or might dont fall for it.
And it is probably only monitoring, no protection or insurance. So ... worthless.
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@scottalanmiller Just watched a news report that says that their website that sells the protection they are going to give you was the site that got hacked..... OY!!!
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@popester said in Equifax Has 143 Million Americans Data Compromised:
Just in case there are those like me that did not consider this. If you fall for the "Free" credit monitoring offered by Equifax, upon agreement you forfeit your right to sue for any damages. Not that I could afford to sue, but if you can or might dont fall for it.
Supposedly it also prevents you from joining any of the class-actions that are filed.
