Equifax has been sending hack victims to a fake phishing site

It was also recently revealed that Equifax knew about a significant breach of its network in March of 2017, five months before it was disclosed publicly.

The danger of a fake website is obvious: it could easily ask victims for identifying information, under the guise of working out if they were part of the breach or not. During that time period hackers were able to access peoples names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver’s license numbers.

– Considering freezing your credit reports. “Do you really want to litigate against 50 percent of the county?”

For almost two weeks, the company’s official Twitter account has been directing users to a fake lookalike website, the sole goal of which is to expose Equifax’s reckless response to the breach.

Parents and grandparents should place a freeze on their children and grandchildren’s credit reports as well.

Become an authorized user on someone else’s credit card.

“It’s in everyone’s interest to get Equifax to change this site to a reputable domain”, Sweeting told Gizmodo. There are numerous programs available online and Equifax will be offering free credit monitoring until November 21.

Credit scores typically range from 300-500. Americans deserve a clean slate. Consumers are also entitled to a free credit report from each of the agencies annually through www.annualcreditreport.com or by calling 877-322-8228.

Small business operators added their own complaint to the mix Tuesday, with a class action in Atlanta federal court alleging the breach could cripple access to small business credit by damaging the linked credit of the individual who owns the enterprise.

Setup payment reminders to avoid missed or late payments. Why should big corporations and financial executives not be punished in the same harsh manner for negligence and financial crimes?

Along with bulking up its call centers and waiving fees for credit freezes, Equifax announced that its chief information officer and chief security officer would be leaving the company immediately. How many Americans live paycheck to paycheck due to credit card payment slavery and inadequate personal financial education and protections? (NYSE:EFX) data breach prior to the company publicly disclosing the news – and they acted on it using massive options trades.

Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Attorney General has filed suit against Equifax. For example, I placed security freezes online at all four credit-reporting agencies in less than 30 minutes while a friend did so by phone in even less time.

After Equifax Inc. disclosed on September 7 that it had suffered a massive data breach that exposed up to 143 million US consumers’ data, a majority of adults surveyed in a Morning Consult poll say they would be likely to join a class-action lawsuit against the credit reporting company if they find that their data had been compromised. “Equifax is just a flawless example of that”.