Equifax Cybersecurity "Incident" - Did you get hacked?

[SA]

www.equifaxsecurity2017.com

This link goes directly to the Equifax site
At the very bottom left hand side, there is a box "Potential Impact".  You can click it to see if you were impacted by the "incident".


DH wasn't
I was

It gives me a website to go to to sign up for credit monitoring.  

I swear, with all the security breaches all over the place, I think I've had free credit monitoring for the last 7 years for free 

ETA: I need to check both DS also.  Yes, sometimes kids get hacked so make sure to check theirs too!

[Deleted]

Thanks Liz, just checked mine. No impact. I will need to check DH's and DD's when I get home from work (don't have their SS#'s with me).

[val2525]

Did you see where three top execs sold Equifax stock before the breach was announced? Supposedly they didn't know about the breach, but one was the CFO. I find that very hard to believe.

Says I was affected. My credit is so poor right now the hackers would probably pay me to take the info back.

[kritter]

I was too, SA . It says to go back on 9/13 and signup.

Did you sign up now ? Did you get a date like 9/13 to signup?

[Pantlandia]

I was potentially affected too. My credit has gone up considerably over the last year and I'm trying to get it high enough to buy a manufactured home next year. Hopefully, this won't be too detrimental.

[chapeaunoir]

I signed up for 9/14 - it says I'm not impacted but I need the whole picture.

[Deleted]

My date is 9/12

I'll have to check my DH's and kiddos.

Anymore I think you have to keep a constant eye on your financials. Between hacks and card skimmers, and whatever else is out there. It sucks.

[Deleted]

Thanks for posting this!

[val2525]

www.zdnet.com/article/equifaxs-big-fat-fail-how-not-to-handle-a-data-breach/?loc=newsletter_large_thumb_related&ftag=TREc64629f&bhid=24666715776202102999380080029979

Oops.

[jesmelric]

Thanks for posting. It shows no impact for us. Whew!

[RetroMonde]

I sorta agree with the guy on ZDNet about handing someone else the last 6 of my social security number. They already have the entire thing; they f'n know who we are. They should come up with a different identifier for telling us if we're affected. 143 million postcards sounds about right, all with stamps personally licked by the jerks that identified a vulnerability and let it ride. Personally I HATE all 3 credit reporting companies... it's a knee-jerk reaction from a bad patch we went thru 10-20 years ago.

Okay, knee-jerk over... thanks for posting this Liz.

[kritter]

Sounds like enrolling in their own identity theft protection service is not recommended.

"DON'T enroll me for an identity service that you already own. Once you enroll for this TrustedID service you find out Equifax owns it. At least splurge for a rival's service."

[kritter]

Very interesting from Consumer Reports.

www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/01/don-t-get-taken-guarding-your-id/index.htm

[Deleted]

Why can't these hackers erase our debit...hahaha. Luckily neither my husband nor I have been affected.

[pyrexandpearls]

I didn't sign up for the monitoring yet but it says I was most likely effected. I frequently check all my accounts and credit score though so I would know if something were amiss.

[denise15601]

Thanks for the link, Liz. I am apparently not affected, which is amazing since I was the victim of identity fraud 20 years ago. A guy from Bell South (Gordon Bundy) got my SS# and opened a lot of accounts in my name.
That sure was a nightmare to get out of.....took 2 years.

[chapeaunoir]

Sept 8, 2017 23:00:37 GMT @thriftychick said:

Why can't these hackers erase our debit...hahaha. Luckily neither my husband nor I have been affected.

Or even put some money in some account or other - that would be nice.

[Emerald_Door]

DH and our army son are possibly affected. DH is not good with anything financial and DS is in Afghanistan with the army. I'm a bit overwhelmed by life right now and not sure what to do about it.  I guess I'll follow the advice in this link.  money.cnn.com/2017/09/09/pf/what-to-do-equifax-hack/index.html