EQUIFAX security breach
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
October 26, 2017 5:40am CST
Seems like in the past month I have been getting dozens of spam calls regarding my 'credit cards' and how to improve my 'credit score' etc.
Of course, back in September, Equifax announced they had been hacked and 'sensitive' information of over 145 Americans was compromised.
So I visited their site just to check something...and it appears I am one of them. 
Which I guess could very well explain why I am getting 10 or more calls a week about this crap now.
I have to admit, what ticks me off the most is I have never given these people (Equifax or any credit agency) permission to store any info about me.
But legally, they can do it.
And then I get crap like this.
Jerks.
Which I guess could very well explain why I am getting 10 or more calls a week about this crap now.
I have to admit, what ticks me off the most is I have never given these people (Equifax or any credit agency) permission to store any info about me.
But legally, they can do it.
And then I get crap like this.
Jerks.11 people like this
8 responses
@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
26 Oct 17
I have yet to check out if I am one of those that were part of that mess.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
I hadn't really associated the two incidents until a few days ago and then decided this morning to check
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake so how does one go about checking on this? I am freaking clueless.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
26 Oct 17
@ElusiveButterfly wow, figured out how to do it and they want you to enroll in some protection program.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Oct 17
I got a call already this morning about how to get a lower rate on my card. I played along and when he asked what my credit card number was, I said, "If you're calling me about my credit card, shouldn't you already have that number?" He said, "Well, we just have to verify that it is you who has the card." I said, "I stole the card, does that count?" He hung up. @JolietJake .
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@m_audrey6788 (58470)
• Germany
26 Oct 17
Oh my! 
Did they do something about it? How was it going now? 
Did they do something about it? How was it going now? 1 person likes this
but they have to find out who hacked them atleast. Right? @JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
They've been pretty tight-lipped about it...once the info was stolen, there wasn't anything they could do about it basically
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
Since I don't personally do any business with them, I am not sure how they can legally have and store my info, but they can
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@LadyDuck (478938)
• Italy
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake We are not really protected, I wounder where is our privacy.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
26 Oct 17
My info was also stolen. I heard that there is a class action suit against them.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake I don't understand it either. You would think they'd need your consent.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
I still don't quite understand why they are even allowed to keep that info online without my permission
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
I've been getting a bit of an attitude with the spam callers lately
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@BarBaraPrz (50002)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Oct 17
I've been getting robocalls with "important information" about my credit card for years... I just hang up. I don't talk to robots.
And the spam from banks other than the one I use saying something or other about my (non-existent) account.
And just last week, I got a letter from my (actual) credit card company offering to up my limit because I'm so good at paying up. No thanks.
