#equifax — Public Fediverse posts

@zackwhittaker no “forethought to the future consequences of amassing vast banks of personal information” is required here, merely hindsight. We all know how this is going to play out. Think #Equifax.

#ageverification

This is such a cunning, shameless, beautiful scam.

Got an email from Equifax (who exposed zillions of records to hackers not long ago if memory serves), the gist of which was:

'Nice credit rating you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it...'

I took the bait and logged in.

The images tell the story.

It's a sublime shakedown.

@pluralistic

#economics #equifax #security #tech

A look at how tri-merge credit reduces credit uncertainty. https://hackernoon.com/how-tri-merge-reduces-credit-uncertainty #equifax

Those Austrians who are concerned about their personal data they provide for the purpose of age verification leaking are overreacting. There is no reason to worry.

That's because a subsidiary of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (#ORF) already leaked every single Austrian's birthdate a few years ago, so your data is already out there. The Austrian data protection agency stated that that company "did everything right“, and there were no repercussions.

I am being sarcastic, of course. When you upload a copy of your personal id, keep in mind that the company processing it will face little to no consequences in case they leak that data. So there isn't much of an incentive to waste money on protecting it. Also, don't expect any compensation from that company (how much did you get from #equifax?) in case you incur any damages because of that leak - the onus will be on you to prove that the damages are a direct consequence of that specific leak.

Oh, and in case you think that that's not going to happen, it already did: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo

#ageverification #privacy

Equifax got hacked. Nearly 150 million people's data stolen. And the executives' first move was to quietly sell their shares. 🤦

This is The Facepalm Files.

Check out my podcast "Smashing Security" for more stories like this.

#facepalm #cybersecurity #equifax #databreach #infosec #hacking

Find out what kinds of data banks and other financial institutions collect about you and their intended use by diving into the series What Everybody Knows About You. ⬇️

https://lpi.org/ecr6

#LPI #financialdata #bankingdata #creditscore #SIN #taxpayer #creditreport #Equifax

Find out what kinds of data banks and other financial institutions collect about you and their intended use by diving into the series What Everybody Knows About You. ⬇️

https://lpi.org/ecr6

#LPI #financialdata #bankingdata #creditscore #SIN #taxpayer #creditreport #Equifax

Find out what kinds of data banks and other financial institutions collect about you and their intended use by diving into the series What Everybody Knows About You. ⬇️

https://lpi.org/ecr6

#LPI #financialdata #bankingdata #creditscore #SIN #taxpayer #creditreport #Equifax

Find out what kinds of data banks and other financial institutions collect about you and their intended use by diving into the series What Everybody Knows About You. ⬇️

https://lpi.org/ecr6

#LPI #financialdata #bankingdata #creditscore #SIN #taxpayer #creditreport #Equifax

Find out what kinds of data banks and other financial institutions collect about you and their intended use by diving into the series What Everybody Knows About You. ⬇️

https://lpi.org/ecr6

#LPI #financialdata #bankingdata #creditscore #SIN #taxpayer #creditreport #Equifax

Solteros lideran tramo de mayor morosidad, con deudas promedio de $12 millones | vía #UChileRadio

https://radio.uchile.cl/2026/02/23/solteros-lideran-tramo-de-mayor-morosidad-con-deudas-promedio-de-12-millones/

#deudas #equifax #morosidad #universidadsansebastián

Edmonton woman frustrated by 18-month battle with Equifax and TransUnion to fix credit rating

https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/credit-ratings-fraud-9.7099030
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Une femme d’Edmonton frustrée par une bataille de 18 mois avec Equifax et TransUnion pour corriger sa cote de crédit

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#Canada #Equifax #TransUnion

Edmonton woman frustrated by 18-month battle with Equifax and TransUnion to fix credit rating

https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/credit-ratings-fraud-9.7099030
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Une femme d’Edmonton frustrée par une bataille de 18 mois avec Equifax et TransUnion pour corriger sa cote de crédit

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#Canada #Equifax #TransUnion

@Cdespinosa yeah, right. Did anyone ever get their $125 from #equifax ? Even the #FTC advised consumers in the end to not even ask for it.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/07/ftc-encourages-consumers-opt-free-credit-monitoring-part-equifax-settlement

Equifax rolls out AI-driven synthetic identity fraud detection as lenders feel the pressure

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/equifax-ai/

Equifax rolls out AI-driven synthetic identity fraud detection as lenders feel the pressure

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/equifax-ai/

Equifax rolls out AI-driven synthetic identity fraud detection as lenders feel the pressure

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/equifax-ai/

Equifax rolls out AI-driven synthetic identity fraud detection as lenders feel the pressure

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/equifax-ai/

Equifax rolls out AI-driven synthetic identity fraud detection as lenders feel the pressure

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/equifax-ai/

#equifax

@camless You're welcome. And if people have children or relatives who may not know about this, you may want to check for them and opt them out of nationalpublicdata.com, too (see https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html).

Then also help them create security freezes.

Parents of young children: Check to make sure your kids' info isn't in the nationalpublicdata.com site. Opt them out if they are. Then:

Your kids should not have a credit report unless you authorized them to use a credit card or something. But they may also have a credit report if their identity info was obtained and misused.

Check to see if they have a credit report by contacting the major credit reporting firms. You may have to mail the request for Equifax, but you should be able to check online for Experian and TransUnion .

To be proactive: freeze your young child's credit report.

#security #creditreports #Experian #TransUnion #Equifax #NPD #optout

Vollautomatisierte #KI-#Cyberangriffe als Prototyp: Wissenschaftler von der Carnegie Mellon University haben den 2017er Datenskandal bei der US-Wirtschaftsauskunftei #Equifax nachgestellt, indem sie ein LLM vollautomatisiert einen Cyberangriff koordinieren und durch #AI Agents durchführen ließen.

Das Ergebnis war erfolgreich. Obgleich unter nicht replizierbaren Laborbedingungen durchgeführt, zeigt das Szenario auf, in welche Richtung Cyberangriffe künftig gehen könnten:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16466

I was excited to get notice of my share of a distribution in a class action against Equifax.

My share: $0.03.

Maybe that will make affordable that nice Romanée Conti at Auberge de l'Ill in Alsace. I'm almost there. Just another $28,693.97.

https://youtu.be/Bm9hySTVKtY?si=DldnQv2jwr1woZ3d

#classaction #equifax

If you do not use credit, you could lose your credit score rendering it impossible to get credit.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/equifax-credit-score-vanished-1.7542059
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Si vous n’utilisez pas votre crédit, vous pourriez perdre votre cote de crédit rendant impossible l’obtention de crédit.

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#Canada #Equifax

DJ Terry: Atlanta People: the #NFL #Atlanta #Falconshack tops the charts for incompetence negligence, recklessness.

From here to the end of time the #Falcons hack will be known as a top 10 Most Popular Hack, like the #equifax #hack, but due to its popularity.

#Falconshack #equifaxhack #Coachprime #espn

DJ Terry: Atlanta People: the #NFL #Atlanta #Falconshack tops the charts for incompetence negligence, recklessness.

From here to the end of time the #Falcons hack will be known as a top 10 Most Popular Hack, like the #equifax #hack, but due to its popularity.

#Falconshack #equifaxhack #Coachprime #espn

Woohoo!

The company we didn't elect and can't opt out of empowering to determine our financial futures and credit worthiness was breached and all I got was $8

Worst T-Shirt ever.

#equifax

Well my faith in the system is renewed. Surely this is a sufficient penalty to incentivize #Equifax to keep my financial information properly secured.

oh hey, 20 whole dollars in damages from all my PII leaked to the world in the #Equifax #databreach settlement.

Wow. Equifax was actually made responsible.

https://www.equifaxbreachsettlement.com/admin/services/connectedapps.cms.extensions/1.0.0.0/a4f6125d-1f25-4e2c-aa90-3f2bb20e811f_1033_EFX_-_Long_Form_Notice.pdf
#Equifax #EquifaxDataBreachSettlement

LOL 😂 $7.43

#EquifaxDataBreachSettlement #Equifax

Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans – Source: krebsonsecurity.com https://ciso2ciso.com/change-healthcare-breach-hits-100m-americans-source-krebsonsecurity-com/ #USDepartmentofHealthandHumanResources #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #CyberSecurityNews #UnitedHealthGroup #KrebsonSecurity #KrebsOnSecurity #LatestWarnings #TheComingStorm #SenMarkWarner #DataBreaches #HIPAAJournal #SenRonWyden #AnthemInc. #TransUnion #RansomHub #BlackCat #Experian #Equifax #alphv #IDX

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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/change-healthcare-breach-hits-100m-americans/

#U.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanResources #UnitedHealthGroup #LatestWarnings #TheComingStorm #Sen.MarkWarner #DataBreaches #HIPAAJournal #Sen.RonWyden #AnthemInc. #TransUnion #RansomHub #BlackCat #Experian #Equifax #ALPHV #IDX

Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

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A lot of people don’t know this: most lawyers who sue Equifax won’t charge you a dime unless they win for you. Being “poor” isn’t a reason to tolerate credit reporting mistakes. #FCRA #Equifax #TransUnion #Experian

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@rbreich Corporate America certainly prefers when the FTC settles for a relatively small amount of money to cover consumer claims and then recommends that those consumers should actually not ask for money at all https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2019/07/equifax-data-breach-pick-free-credit-monitoring #equifax #databreach

https://lifehacker.com/money/freeze-your-work-number

The Work Number is an employment verification system operated by Equifax that allows employers to access an individual's work history and wage information.

This report, similar to a credit report, can be used to verify employment during job applications or salary negotiations, but it can also be used against individuals, leading to potential privacy concerns.

#privacy #equifax

@Walker I decided to freeze all of my #CreditReports today.

I had no problem getting into my #Experian & #Equifax accounts to do that but, I didn't have an acct with #TransUnion yet & had a big problem setting one up & logging into it.

So, I decided to call TransUnion to set up the freeze instead. It was a fully automated process & was quite simple. I hope that the process to unfreeze the report with TransUnion by phone will be just as easy.

@knittingknots2
"Experts say the most effective action you can take right now is to freeze your credit files at the three major credit bureaus: #Experian, #Equifax and #TransUnion [ETA: #Innovis, #ChexSystems, and #LexisNexis, too]. That will prevent others from signing up for credit cards or opening other financial accounts in your name."

This is free, but they hide the option on their websites trying to sell you credit monitoring services.

Be adamant. You want to "freeze" your credit. That's the search term. You can also freeze the credit of your under 18 dependents.

The credit can be temporarily unfrozen when you need to use it. The company you're applying for credit with will tell you which of the three they're using to run a credit check and the sites have different ways of temporarily unfreezing.

The US should pass a law to auto-freeze everyone's credit and allow them to opt out if they desire rather than leaving credit unfrozen and requiring people to opt in.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/3-reports-havent-frozen-yet

Des conseils utiles pour les clients de #Desjardins et les autres : https://lactualite.com/finances-personnelles/fin-de-la-surveillance-equifax-de-desjardins-voici-une-option-de-rechange-gratuite/

#Crédit #VolDIDentité #Québec #Équifax #TransUnion

Des conseils utiles pour les clients de #Desjardins et les autres : https://lactualite.com/finances-personnelles/fin-de-la-surveillance-equifax-de-desjardins-voici-une-option-de-rechange-gratuite/

#Crédit #VolDIDentité #Québec #Équifax #TransUnion