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Online Big Dave

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Equifax debacle
« on: September 08, 2017, 05:53:04 PM »
They get hacked & 143 million people are affected.
I never signed up to do business with them but I'm pretty sure my wife or I will be effected.

Do I hear class action lawsuit?

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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2017, 05:56:52 PM »
Yup, total cluster.



It would be a very good idea to be proactive and determine if you have been affected.  Equifax has setup a website for this purpose.  Please see:


https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com
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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2017, 06:17:38 PM »
Credit locked. No worries.

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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2017, 06:20:09 PM »
According to this site my information was impacted.


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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2017, 06:29:23 PM »
I was on the list.

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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2017, 07:18:21 PM »
I froze my credit at all three credit agencies:

Equifax
TransUnion
Experian

I have been meaning to do this for years and never seem to remember.  This Equifax retardedness got me moving. 
« Last Edit: September 08, 2017, 09:58:22 PM by tcdawg »

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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2017, 07:36:52 PM »
I did also


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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2017, 07:41:26 PM »
According to this site my information was impacted.


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I also.
I'm just wondering if this is just a scare tactic to get people to pay for credit protection.

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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2017, 07:51:26 PM »
Yup, total cluster.



It would be a very good idea to be proactive and determine if you have been affected.  Equifax has setup a website for this purpose.  Please see:


https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com
Fine print on this or one of their sites says by viewing you forgo your right to a class action suit....... is that for real?


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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2017, 08:02:19 PM »
I'm jus' sayin'....

Equifax discovered the hack 29 July, but waited until Thursday to warn consumers. In the interim, as first reported by Bloomberg, chief financial officer John Gamble sold shares worth $946,374 and president of US information solutions Joseph Loughran exercised options to sell stock worth $584,099. President of workforce solutions Rodolfo Ploder also sold stock worth $250,458.

Ines Gutzmer, head of corporate communications for Equifax, said: “The three executives who sold a small percentage of their Equifax shares on Tuesday, August 1, and Wednesday, August 2, had no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.”

After the cybersecurity breach was made public, Equifax stock dropped more than 13% in after-hours trading following the announcement at 4.30pm ET.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/07/equifax-credit-breach-hack-social-security

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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2017, 08:07:30 PM »
According to this site my information was impacted.


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I also.
I'm just wondering if this is just a scare tactic to get people to pay for credit protection.

As far as I know, it is SOP for credit agencies to provide free protection when they have a breech. My wife had her identity stolen a while back and was provided it free as a result of that. Edit: but after the year was up they wanted an annual fee.
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Re: Equifax debacle
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2017, 08:45:22 PM »
I'm jus' sayin'....

Equifax discovered the hack 29 July, but waited until Thursday to warn consumers. In the interim, as first reported by Bloomberg, chief financial officer John Gamble sold shares worth $946,374 and president of US information solutions Joseph Loughran exercised options to sell stock worth $584,099. President of workforce solutions Rodolfo Ploder also sold stock worth $250,458.

Ines Gutzmer, head of corporate communications for Equifax, said: “The three executives who sold a small percentage of their Equifax shares on Tuesday, August 1, and Wednesday, August 2, had no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.”

After the cybersecurity breach was made public, Equifax stock dropped more than 13% in after-hours trading following the announcement at 4.30pm ET.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/07/equifax-credit-breach-hack-social-security
Martha Stewart went to prison.  Govt employees usually have a large discord for wealthy people so I'm sure those sellers have a bullseye on them. 

 



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