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Post by kluski on Oct 26, 2017 0:00:11 GMT
The breach at Equifax.i just got a letter in the mail today. Good times.
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Post by Nanner on Oct 26, 2017 0:50:30 GMT
That sucks.
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Post by mom on Oct 26, 2017 0:51:55 GMT
Lucky you! or not....LOL
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Post by leeny on Oct 26, 2017 1:14:38 GMT
I am but have not received a letter. Yet.
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Post by FurryP on Oct 26, 2017 2:40:12 GMT
Does it say you MAY BE impacted, or you are impacted?
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Post by merry on Oct 26, 2017 2:52:45 GMT
First step is to freeze your credit with all three bureaus. We're on the list too.
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Post by kluski on Oct 26, 2017 11:15:30 GMT
"You are receiving this letter because you are one of the 2.5 million additional..." yep.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 15:05:05 GMT
First step is to freeze your credit with all three bureaus. We're on the list too. I guess "lucky" that my credit is already frozen from the debacle I went through with credit card fraud from a prior hack? But I am on this list too...ughhh |
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Post by tuva42 on Oct 26, 2017 16:18:01 GMT
We've looked into this. It's not necessarily best to immediately freeze your credit. Look into some of your credit cards and see if they offer free credit monitoring. Discover is doing this.
Some experts believe that these data breaches are not perpetrated by folks who want to steal your credit cards right this moment. It is thought that the foreign governments responsible are looking for data bases of info so that they can compromise individuals in government jobs. For example, checking to see if they pay for porn with credit cards, etc.
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Post by tracylynn on Oct 26, 2017 16:22:23 GMT
I'm not freezing my credit either. I put an alert on it - will renew that after the first 90 days. I've locked down my existing credit cards/bank cards pretty tight, both with 2 step authentication and alerts for spending over a pretty low dollar amount.
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Post by tduby1 on Oct 26, 2017 17:41:17 GMT
We've looked into this. It's not necessarily best to immediately freeze your credit. Look into some of your credit cards and see if they offer free credit monitoring. Discover is doing this. Some experts believe that these data breaches are not perpetrated by folks who want to steal your credit cards right this moment. It is thought that the foreign governments responsible are looking for data bases of info so that they can compromise individuals in government jobs. For example, checking to see if they pay for porn with credit cards, etc. I question the validity of this. DHs CC info was stolen, and our Comcast which is in my name was breached, both within weeks of when the breach happened. The Comcast account was "taken over" and phones ordered by changing my password using info available due to the breach. The CC thieves took over DHs cc account several times using his personal information. It was not until after the breach was announced and we found out both of us were affected that we were able to stop it from happening again because we were than able to figure out HOW it was happening. I have no doubt both of these incidents were as a result of the breach. So, if foreign governments are responsible, then someone is selling the info they don't need. |
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Post by merry on Oct 26, 2017 19:59:56 GMT
Other than a nominal fee (depends on your state laws,) I'm not sure I see any downside to freezing your credit, other than to open an account of any kind that requires a credit check, you'd have to unfreeze it. Rarely are major business newspapers, my banker and my mother all in agreement about anything - and they all said freeze your credit asap.  |
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Post by librarylady on Oct 28, 2017 1:50:37 GMT
Got my letter today. I was compromised in the 2nd wave over at Equifax.  |
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