143 million SS# possibly leaked by Equifax...

[Pablo]

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

Yep. Those assholes know it. And sold their shares!

[AR15L]

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

Credit cards can be replaced. Try replacing your life.

[TechnoWeenie]

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

Yup.

Now people gotta worry about warrants and bullshit, from people claiming to be them..

[TechnoWeenie]

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

Credit cards can be replaced. Try replacing your life.

You can apply for a new SSN....

[Pablo]

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

Credit cards can be replaced. Try replacing your life.

You can apply for a new SSN....

Imagine the vortex of suck that would cause. But still maybe better than the alternative.

[Jonathan Brown]

Best avatar ever, Pablo.

[AR15L]

Best avatar ever, Pablo.

What makes it even better is the expiration date.

[Jonathan Brown]

Best avatar ever, Pablo.

What makes it even better is the expiration date.

That is some well aged head cheese.

[PTmorgan]

Anyone remember the days when we'd put our SSN on anything of value as an identifier?

Yeah. In Massachusetts, my driver's license number was my SSN. That's the way it was way back then.

[Jonathan Brown]

As far as their "free" program....

Two ways of think about it. Using Equifax for anything could be akin to hugging the person who just stole your big screen TV. OR......they could NOW be the safest site to use. Sort of like when Jack In the Box got caught with shit in their burgers and not high using enough temperature to cook the E.coli out of them. After they got caught, it was probably the safest burger around.

[Guntrader]

When I was in the Navy, they had you stencil your first, middle initial, last name, and SSN on your sea bag.
Not like anyone is going to see that at the airport baggage claim.

[Sinus211]

As far as their "free" program....

Two ways of think about it. Using Equifax for anything could be akin to hugging the person who just stole your big screen TV. OR......they could NOW be the safest site to use. Sort of like when Jack In the Box got caught with shit in their burgers and not high using enough temperature to cook the E.coli out of them. After they got caught, it was probably the safest burger around.

Jack in the Box "Our burgers may be shitty, but they're thoroughly cooked"

Equifax "Fool me once, shame on you..."

[Guntrader]

Sort of like when Jack In the Box got caught with shit in their burgers and not high using enough temperature to cook the E.coli out of them. After they got caught, it was probably the safest burger around.

I had a friend who worked on that case while a grad student at UW. Said the meat was so infected you would have had to autoclave for 20 minutes to make it safe to eat.

But ya, risk of contaminated food it pretty low now.
Lawsuits and recalls would put many companies out of business.
That's why they employ internal inspectors.

[RocketScott]

Anyone remember the days when we'd put our SSN on anything of value as an identifier?

Yeah. In Massachusetts, my driver's license number was my SSN. That's the way it was way back then.

I think that was the case for my first license in Kentucky too.

I know my student ID at UK used it.

[os2firefox]

When your chief security officer is a music major, this is something that's just waiting to happen...