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diddly

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Equifax Facts
« on: September 10, 2017, 02:24:25 PM »
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  • As you are likely aware, Equifax was hacked back in July and 143 million accounts were leaked.  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41192163

    They have kindly set up a web site for their customers to see if they were among the leaked accounts.  https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/  Before you check though, be warned that the terms and conditions explicitly waive your right to sue (or join a class action suit) against Equifax.  The company has actually lobbied to kill protections for victims of data breaches!  http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/equifax-lobbied-kill-rule-protecting-victims-data-breaches-2587929

    And although they claim not to have been aware, executives at Equifax dumped over a million dollars of their stock prior to announcing the breach.  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/equifax-executives-sold-stock-after-data-breach-before-informing-public-2017-09-07
    « Last Edit: September 10, 2017, 02:28:16 PM by diddly »

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    Re: Equifax Facts
    « Reply #1 on: September 18, 2017, 10:40:09 PM »
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  • Equifax was even hacked five months prior to the event above.  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-18/equifax-is-said-to-suffer-a-hack-earlier-than-the-date-disclosed

    Furthermore they'll apparently just blindly say you were affected, no matter what you enter on their "Was my account hacked" page.  https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/psa-no-matter-what-you-write-equifax-may-tell-you-youve-been-impacted-by-the-hack/
    « Last Edit: September 20, 2017, 01:42:49 PM by diddly »

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    Re: Equifax Facts
    « Reply #2 on: September 20, 2017, 12:46:22 PM »
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  • Reportedly 100,000 Canadian accounts were among the Equifax data breach https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/09/19/equifax-says-100000-canadians-may-have-been-in-data-breach.html

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    Re: Equifax Facts
    « Reply #3 on: March 01, 2018, 06:28:56 PM »
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  • Equifax has just announced another 2.4 million people were breached in 2017.
    newbielink:https://gizmodo.com/equifax-reveals-2-4-million-consumers-had-additional-in-1823428146 [nonactive]