143 million SS# possibly leaked by Equifax...

[Pablo]

Why are we just now hearing about this? Or did I have my head in the sand the last few months?

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We are just finding out. More people needed to time to sell their shares.

[Jonathan Brown]

This is my favorite part.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/08/investi ... index.html

[Pablo]

Yep.

NOW they are blaming a software vendor. They should be shut down (and I'm NOT a big gov guy!!!)

[NWGunner]

People may want to wait before jumping on ther 2017 enroll website and signing up for their 'free monitoring'...

It was just reported that if you do that, you agree to the terms and conditions, a couple of which are an obligation to abide by their arbiter if there are any disputes, AND you relinquish your right to sue.

They say lawsuits are already lining up, including a possible class action lawsuit.

[skey]

Sure would be a nice haul for the cartel coyotes. Everything you need to turn Miguel into Michael with all the information to pass e-verify. Great start up opportunity for a document mill. The best news is Michael even has a 825 credit score.

[Pablo]

People may want to wait before jumping on ther 2017 enroll website and signing up for their 'free monitoring'...

It was just reported that if you do that, you agree to the terms and conditions, a couple of which are an obligation to abide by their arbiter if there are any disputes, AND you relinquish your right to sue.

They say lawsuits are already lining up, including a possible class action lawsuit.

I saw that after they immediately said my shit was compromised. Well actually the first time I ran it through, it went immediately to "enroll" and do it on 9/12/2017. That set my BS meter off big time.


Here I go again: What a FUCKING SHAM. These fuckers should be cut off at the waist. NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND SHOULD SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING WITH THAT POS COMPANY. JUST WALK AWAY AND WATCH YOUR SHIT (OBVIOUSLY) BETTER THAN THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED SO CLEARLY.

It's like trusting a known pet killer to walk your dog out to take a dump, when your dog can do it himself. And that same psycho convincing you his services are necessary. FTS!@!

[STED9R]

So I guess we all get free credit monitoring for life??

Watching news last night, the CEO stated one free year on monitoring.
Fuck that......ANY company that is supposed to be secure and holds your private information and losses it, should provide monitoring for life.
Maybe when the consequences for not being ahead of hackers costs shareholders and benefits package, they'll make larger steps to secure our information.
With the millions of people they have now, they can slowly pick thru over the next few decades.
My info has been compromised.....

[Jonathan Brown]

After their generousity runs out in a year, and you are all comfy, you will then need to PAY these assholes for continued "coverage".

And whats to say they don't just tell EVERYBODY they have been compromised, just to get you to sign up, with the eventuality of paying them after a year goes by?

This whole thing is getting stinkier by the hour.

[Alpine]

Even worse, the news says that some people may need to invoke the nuclear option and do a "credit freeze" for a period of time, which requires fees paid to the other credit bureaus. Equifax is refusing to pay for that.

[AR15L]

I wonder how much Life Lock stocks have gone up?

[Pablo]

I wonder how much Life Lock stocks have gone up?

About a buck a share. They are owned by Symantec. I got my buy in the end of yesterday!

SYMANTEC CORPORATION (SYMC)

As of: 09/08/2017, 4:00pm

Net Change 1.0300

Net Change % 3.37%

[Jonathan Brown]

A person could immediately cancel all their cards and then ask for new ones. But I guess the biggest issue is people signing up for new cards using your info. SO I guess we're all just effed in the A.

[Jonathan Brown]

Equifax is offering help for people whose personal information was hacked — but there are big strings attached.
The credit reporting agency announced Thursday that the personal information of as many as 143 million people was compromised in a data breach between May and July. The stolen data includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers.
If your information was exposed, Equifax is offering free identity theft protection and credit file monitoring services. But the offer comes with some conditions that may make you think twice.

You can't get help right away. When people enter their last name and part of their Social Security number on the site to see whether they were affected, some are being told: "Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident."
But even in that case, Equifax is not offering the credit monitoring service until next week at the earliest. Monday is the first day you can sign up.
You are giving up some of your rights to sue. If you get the credit monitoring, you must agree to submit any complaints against Equifax's monitoring service, TrustedID, to arbitration. You can't sue on your own behalf, and you can't join a class-action case or benefit from any class-action settlement.
However, Alex Southwell, a privacy lawyer at Gibson Dunn and a former federal prosecutor in New York, said that could still leave room for people to sue Equifax over the original hack, even if they can't sue over the credit monitoring.

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently rolled out rules against these kinds of arbitration requirements by banks and credit card issuers, but not credit monitoring agencies. Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation that would roll back those rules.

Equifax isn't promising help fixing your credit: Equifax will agree only to monitor your credit, not help you fix any problems arising from the hack. "We do not offer, provide, or furnish any products, or any advice, counseling, or assistance, for the express or implied purpose of improving your credit record, credit history, or credit rating," the company in its 7,200-word terms and conditions. "By this we mean that we do not claim we can 'clean up' or 'improve' your credit record, credit history, or credit rating."

[Alpine]

They cannot continue as a company after this. They should just pack it in. The lawyers will eviscerate them.

[Guntrader]

Identity theft is much worse than just someone using your credit card #.