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143 million SS# possibly leaked by Equifax...
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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19174
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_________________NO DISASSEMBLE!Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:55 pm |
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Alpine
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Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2012 Posts: 7649
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Still can't believe this. Largest hack in history.
And the irony... these people are the credit monitors, the people you use to check your credit to protect yourself. When you get ID theft, businesses provide you with free crefit monitoring through THESE PEOPLE. So who are we supposed to check our credit through now? The other 2 big ones? How are they any less vulnerable?
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:04 pm |
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TINCANBANDIT
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Location: Mohave Valley Arizona Joined: Fri May 20, 2011 Posts: 13384
Real Name: Casey
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So I guess we all get free credit monitoring for life??
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:09 pm |
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mislabeled
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Location: N-Sno Joined: Thu Oct 3, 2013 Posts: 4015
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Definitely not the largest hack in history (not by a long shot), but one with more potential for damage than most. I'll bet Zuckerberg is pissed, since it's taking away attention from FB's whole "Russians bought advertising space before the election!" story. You're a tech company and you're just NOW figuring out that, 12 months ago, someone purchased ad space on your site?  Let me guess, your data analytics person used to be in charge of security at Equifax.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:14 pm |
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589
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Upside is, there are so many victims involved it will take a long time for the fraudsters to get around to you.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:16 pm |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28461
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Alpine wrote: Still can't believe this. Largest hack in history.
And the irony... these people are the credit monitors, the people you use to check your credit to protect yourself. When you get ID theft, businesses provide you with free credit monitoring through THESE PEOPLE. So who are we supposed to check our credit through now? The other 2 big ones? How are they any less vulnerable? I don't think it's the largest, but that is irrelevant. It's huge and the irony is even larger. WTF are these clowns using for security? A dead cat?? Shit. Asholes.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:17 pm |
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mislabeled
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Location: N-Sno Joined: Thu Oct 3, 2013 Posts: 4015
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Pablo wrote: Alpine wrote: Still can't believe this. Largest hack in history.
And the irony... these people are the credit monitors, the people you use to check your credit to protect yourself. When you get ID theft, businesses provide you with free credit monitoring through THESE PEOPLE. So who are we supposed to check our credit through now? The other 2 big ones? How are they any less vulnerable? I don't think it's the largest, but that is irrelevant. It's huge and the irony is even larger. WTF are these clowns using for security? A dead cat?? Shit. Asholes. Shit and assholes might indeed have been a more effective defense.
_________________ "Hmmm. I've been looking for a way to serve the community that incorporates my violence." -- Leela
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:18 pm |
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Alpine
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So I guess the linkedin hack, ebay hack, and Melissa Virus were technically bigger? https://www.lifewire.com/the-greatest-c ... ks-4060530I stand corrected.
_________________If you vote for Biden you are voting to be murdered when he sends Beto to come take your "semi automatic assault weapon" (any semi auto). If you have family or friends voting for Biden show them this and ask if they are willing to vote for your murder or maybe even their own if they are gun owners or live with any. https://nypost.com/2020/03/03/joe-biden ... n-control/Quote: “I want to make something clear, I’m going to guarantee you this is not the last you’ve seen of him (Beto),” Biden said Monday evening during a campaign rally in Dallas. “You’re (Beto) going to take care of the gun problem with me. You’re (Beto) going to be the one who leads this effort.” https://www.newsweek.com/beto-orourke-g ... ns-1465738Quote: [Beto O'Rourke Suggests Police Would 'Visit' Homes To Implement Proposed Assault Weapons Ban] "In that case, I think that there would be a visit by law enforcement to recover that firearm... ..."If someone does not turn in an AR-15 or an AK-47, one of these weapons of war...then that weapon will be taken from them"
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:27 pm |
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snozzberries
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Location: King County Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2014 Posts: 4012
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Did they get the credit reports and all the history on them? Or just the names/SSN?
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:31 pm |
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mislabeled
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Location: N-Sno Joined: Thu Oct 3, 2013 Posts: 4015
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The Yahoo! hack involved more than 1 billion accounts. There have been others in the several-hundred-million realm.
Here it's more important to look at the numbers from a different perspective. The number of credit files stolen was 140 million or so. US population is somewhere around 320 million. A little extrapolation, and an assumption that very few people probably have more than 1 credit file (not the case with Yahoo! and others, since a lot of people have multiple e-mail accounts) shows that almost every adult in America -- anyone with a credit file -- is part of this.
ETA: So far they're saying that names, DOBs, addresses, driver's license numbers, and some credit card numbers were stolen.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:38 pm |
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Jonathan Brown
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Location: SnoCo Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 2357
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Fuck it. Let's go bowling.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:58 pm |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28461
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Jonathan Brown wrote: Fuck it. Let's go bowling. Bowling for dollars. My work is done here. Did all my invoicing, released all the holds. Take the trash out and watch some football. Daughter is making shrimp dumplings. I'm hungry already!
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck?
Because the eagle sounds like a hawk.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:06 pm |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28461
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mislabeled wrote: Pablo wrote: Alpine wrote: Still can't believe this. Largest hack in history.
And the irony... these people are the credit monitors, the people you use to check your credit to protect yourself. When you get ID theft, businesses provide you with free credit monitoring through THESE PEOPLE. So who are we supposed to check our credit through now? The other 2 big ones? How are they any less vulnerable? I don't think it's the largest, but that is irrelevant. It's huge and the irony is even larger. WTF are these clowns using for security? A dead cat?? Shit. Asholes. Shit and assholes might indeed have been a more effective defense. Seriously. Windows ME or some garbage??
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck?
Because the eagle sounds like a hawk.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:07 pm |
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sreyemj
Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 Posts: 1358
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I don't even care. I've received multiple notices that my info has been hacked over the last few years, companies will need to find other ways to verify identity.
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| Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:37 pm |
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Arisaka
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Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6476
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Check,here to,see if your info was hacked. https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/enroll/
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