Posted on 09/07/2017 9:33:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The credit reporting agency Equifax said Thursday that hackers gained access to sensitive personal data — Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses — for up to 143 million Americans, a major cybersecurity breach at a firm that serves as one of the three major clearinghouses for Americans’ credit histories.
Equifax said the breach began in May and continued until it was discovered in late July. It said hackers exploited a “website application vulnerability” and obtained personal data about British and Canadian consumers as well as Americans. Social Security numbers and birth dates are particularly sensitive data, giving those who possess them the ingredients for identity fraud and other crimes.
Equifax also lost control of an unspecified number of driver’s licenses, along with the credit card numbers for 209,000 consumers and credit dispute documents for 182,000 others. The company said it did not detect intrusions into its “core consumer or commercial credit reporting databases.”
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“Same cc we’ve had for 30 years. Mortgage is paid off. “
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Equifax has been around since the 20s——and booming for the last 50 years.
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And that’s what I said to start with. That anyone who has any kind of credit has been run through equifax. But you said it had to be through the website and I said....no, doesn’t fit my profile.
Sheesh
Sorry. Not you. Someone else telling me had to be through website.
You’re right. Anyone with any kind of credit for many many years.
Too many glasses of wine for dinner. Lol.
Again, sorry.
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