Posted on 05/10/2018 6:47:09 AM PDT by Gennie
In a filing on Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission which was provided to congressional committees, the exact scope of the Equifax data breach was revealed. Just how much personal data was exposed in the Equifax breach of 2017? The sensitive, personally identifiable information of the Equifax breach contained:
146.6 million birthdays
145.5 million Social Security numbers were compromised
99 million addresses
27.3 million gender identifications
20.3 million phone numbers
17.6 million driver’s license numbers
1.8 million email addresses
200,000 credit card numbers and expiration dates
(Excerpt) Read more at strongholdcybersecurity.com ...
Equifax must cease operations and advise each and evry person with compromised data.
The class action law suit will divide the assets giving lawyers 10% of the judgement
$1.8 Million - the value of the shares of stock sold by top executives before the breach was disclosed to the public. But not to worry, an internal investigation by Equifax determined that they did nothing wrong by selling these shares.
So, where can I type in my ID and SS# to learn if mine is compromised? This website is obviously selling the service...I want it for FREE!
If people’s SS Numbers along with thier accompanying birthday’s were were hacked the people in question must be notified. Those pieces of info are the keys to one’s ID. It’s just outrageous
Sounds like the same type of internal audit performed inside NBC, which stated that upper management had absolutely no idea that Matt Lauer was guilty of sexual harassment. Right....
I have a feeling a Free Republic crowd will answer “business has the right to do business as it chooses” or something.
Question:
Can’t we force transparency and get ALL credit card and other companies to immediately disclose probable databreaches?
Compaines and stores wait a few months while WE are at risk and making decisions based on expectations of data security or notification to us by LikeLok,etc.
THEY made decisions based on getting their investment money out and notifying cronies, I presume, to do so. UNFAIR.
We have no choice. When we open an account, the information is given to the credit companies. (They are not bureaus of anything.) We can’t stop it. The SSN is there too. The information is readily available to anyone who claims to be a qualified business. It is used for creditworthiness, hiring decisions, private investigators, and prospective suitors.
And the credit companies don’t protect our data.
BIG fines!
Post divorce, selling off assets, trying to buy a new home, dealing with the fallout with my two sons AND having to recover my identity while applying for a small mortgage all at the same time has been the most stressful part of my life - bar none.
I would *personally* like to hang the CEO, CIO, CTO and every other C-level person at Equifax by their necks from a tall tree.
If your SSN and birthday are out there, you’re basically screwed indefinitely. You are forced to pay these identity protection companies and/or the credit bureaus to lock all new accounts for your identity. This is what makes equifax’s breaches so egregious. They benefit financially from your data being out there.
Something is very wrong with our system. You have no control of your identity, but you are liable financially for debt that is created in your name. You have to run and pay people to fix something you didn’t break.
You don’t want to do that; they’ve attached legalese to the “free service” which prevents you from EVER entering into a lawsuit against them [it might be class-action; but IIRC it covered personal suits as well].
Pretty brilliant, actually. (Devious, but brilliant.)
Less data than Facebook
How many Michael Cohens were included in the breach?
Look what a great job the Obama/Pocahontas CFPB does for us. I had a credit card and never used it, but Equifax said I had an unpaid balance and put that lie on my credit report. I contacted the bank to which I supposedly owed money, who said I never owed them anything. I wrote a letter to Equifax explaining that they made a mistake. I received a letter from them stating that they “investigated” and found that the bad credit ding was correct. Obviously they lied about “investigating.” Crooks!
Equifax should have to supply financial security for life for every customer who’s data was hacked.
Insider trading is a charge only for the peons and flunkies...
Businesses DO have the right to do business as they please... BUT - they also should then take on 100% liability for malfeasance and damage caused by those choices.
But users gave PERMISSION fo the release of their personal info on Facebook... the fine print...
I never gave Equifax permission to maintain a file on me... but every consumer has one. I never gave them permission to store that data electronically. I never gave them permission to release said data to any entity (some lenders let you know what firm they use - and I can make decisions based on that).
Equifax should be shut down and their assets liquidated and distributed to everyone affected. Their executive officers should also be sued and forced to give up their assets to make restitution to anyone with damages done by this data breach.
But hey... they chose to do business how they wanted to. They chose to not follow even routine security protocols when it comes to the software that operates their databases and servers. They CHOSE this course.
I’ve seen that as well but there is no way they can prove I was the one that entered that info to “check”. Could have just as easily been my x-wife or her lawyer who also has that info from the divorce.
Small consolation, but better than nothing.
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