Re: Credit Freeze Fwd: September 8, 2017 – Massive dat a breach at Equifax

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

I keep wondering whether the credit freeze access numbers were also
compromised.

 > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 05:01:59 -0400
 >
 > If you haven't already, now is the time to implement a credit freeze.
 > 
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 > From: "Scamicide" <http://www.wordpress.com/~donotreply>
 > Date: Sep 7, 2017 9:18 PM
 > Subject: [New post] Scam of the day â?? September 8, 2017 â?? Massive data
 > breach at Equifax
 > To: <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Cc:
 > 
 > Steven Weisman, Esq. posted: "Yesterday Equifax, one of three major credit
 > reporting agencies announced that it had been victimized by a data breach
 > between mid May and July that resulted in personal information of
 > approximately 143 million Americans being stolen.  To put this number "
 > 
 > New post on *Scamicide*
 > <http://scamicide.com/?author=2> Scam of the day â?? September 8, 2017 â??
 > Massive data breach at Equifax
 > <
 > http://scamicide.com/2017/09/08/scam-of-the-day-september-8-2017-massive-data-breach-at-equifax/
 > >
 > by
 > Steven Weisman, Esq. <http://scamicide.com/?author=2>
 > 
 > Yesterday Equifax, one of three major credit reporting agencies announced
 > that it had been victimized by a data breach between mid May and July that
 > resulted in personal information of approximately 143 million Americans
 > being stolen.  To put this number into perspective it accounts for nearly
 > 44% of the entire population of the United States.  The compromised
 > information included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and more.
 > This information puts the victims of the data breach in serious danger of
 > identity theft.  In the past when major data breaches such as this have
 > occurred, the cybercriminals sell the information to other cybercriminals
 > on the Dark Web.  To date, we have not yet seen this information being
 > sold, but it will be.
 > 
 > Equifax is offering to affected customers a free year of credit monitoring
 > and the ability to freeze your Equifax credit report.  To find out if your
 > records were affected by the breach, click on this link provided by Equifax
 > 
 > https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact/
 > 
 > TIPS
 > 
 > If you have been affected by the data breach, you should sign up for the
 > free services offered by Equifax and definitely should freeze your credit
 > report at all of the credit reporting agencies because the information
 > stolen puts you in jeopardy of identity theft at all of the credit
 > reporting agencies.
 > 
 > Even if you have not been a victim of the data breach, you should consider
 > taking this as the opportunity to put a credit freeze on your credit
 > reports. Credit freezes are the best thing you can do to protect yourself
 > from becoming a victim of identity theft.
 > 
 > To get started, itâ??s best to first understand the laws and fees governing
 > credit freezes in your state. The National Conference of State Legislatures
 > <
 > http://www.ncsl.org/research/financial-services-and-commerce/consumer-report-security-freeze-state-statutes.aspx
 > >
 > describes
 > the credit freeze laws for each state.
 > 
 > To get the maximum protection from identity theft, it is important
 > to freeze your credit at each of the three major credit reporting
 > agencies. Here are links to each of them for information about how to get a
 > credit freeze:
 > 
 >    - Equifax
 >    <https://www.freeze.equifax.com/Freeze/jsp/SFF_PersonalIDInfo.jsp>
 >    - TransUnion
 >    <https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze/place-credit-freeze>
 >    - Experian <https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html>
 > 
 > Once you have frozen your credit, be sure to keep the PIN and information
 > on how to unfreeze your credit report in a safe place.