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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #140 on: September 25, 2017, 06:56:07 AM »

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #142 on: September 25, 2017, 10:11:51 PM »
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #145 on: September 26, 2017, 10:49:10 AM »
I'm an optimist; but only because life isn't going to give me any other good choices.

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #146 on: September 26, 2017, 10:51:20 AM »
About time. But until we see criminal charges against some of the executives I don't think we are done.
Do you see that ever taking place ?

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #147 on: September 26, 2017, 10:53:38 AM »
Do you see that ever taking place ?

Absolutely. Specifically for the CFO and others who sold shares before the hack was publicly known. I'm not ready to believe they will be found guilty, but if they are not even brought up on charges then our system is worse than even the cynics believe.
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #148 on: September 26, 2017, 10:56:09 AM »
Absolutely. Specifically for the CFO and others who sold shares before the hack was publicly known. I'm not ready to believe they will be found guilty, but if they are not even brought up on charges then our system is worse than even the cynics believe.
Any way to prove that they were aware of it when selling ?

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #149 on: September 26, 2017, 11:10:05 AM »
Absolutely. Specifically for the CFO and others who sold shares before the hack was publicly known. I'm not ready to believe they will be found guilty, but if they are not even brought up on charges then our system is worse than even the cynics believe.
+1

The government is investigating this right now.

My only issue is that they're dedicating all this time and resource towards the criminal investigation part of it, and not on the victims and the underlying issues. Our current Identiry system is archaic and woefully inadequate and dysfunctional, and needs a major overhaul.
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #150 on: September 26, 2017, 11:12:40 AM »
Any way to prove that they were aware of it when selling ?

Argument for the defense. But the timing of the sale is so extremely suspicious, and the level of these executives so high that it would require us to believe in very poor internal communication and reporting structure for them to not have been aware. It will have to be brought out into the light of day.

In a normal corporate environment, when something this serious happens, the very first step is to run the information up the chain. Notifying the CEO, CFO, COO, etc would happen on Day 1 (probably within Hour 1). An emergency meeting to discuss and plan is a definite. There will be a paper trail of this communication. Burden of proof will be on prosecution to discover it and unless the evidence has been tampered with they should be able to demonstrate conclusively who, what, and when. Absence of a trail would be extremely suspicious.

I'm no lawyer, so I dunno what has to happen in order for enforcement to get their hands on the company's emails and calendar records and such. Interview exec admins. Get warrants. Order a record hold. Open up the whistleblower lines. But if they're not already doing it, they are IMO negligent in their duties.
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #151 on: September 26, 2017, 05:45:13 PM »
My bank recommended setting up a Fraud Alert in response to the hack. It seems like a good idea, and I don't remember seeing the suggestion anywhere else. Passing it along.

You can place the alert with any of the 3 companies (Eq, TrUn, Exp) and the one you pick has to notify the other two on your behalf. The alert only lasts 90 days, but you can extend it.

http://www.equifax.com/CreditReportAssistance/
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #152 on: September 26, 2017, 09:44:26 PM »
How come there's so little info and advise on this site about this?
How about a pole for "were you affected"? Did you get the free equifax protection? Did you freeze all 3 credit reports?

My wife and I were affected- are the above procedures recommended?

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #153 on: September 26, 2017, 09:46:18 PM »
https://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1837

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United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today introduced the Freedom from Equifax Exploitation (FREE) Act to give control over credit and personal information back to consumers.
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #154 on: September 27, 2017, 08:18:02 PM »
+1

The government is investigating this right now.

My only issue is that they're dedicating all this time and resource towards the criminal investigation part of it, and not on the victims and the underlying issues. Our current Identiry system is archaic and woefully inadequate and dysfunctional, and needs a major overhaul.
Source?

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #155 on: September 28, 2017, 03:46:44 AM »
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #157 on: October 03, 2017, 07:53:04 AM »
Who thinks change.org caused this?


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Exquifax Commits to Free Credit Lock & Unlock Services — for Life!
 


When a massive Equifax data breach affected the security of 143 million Americans' personal information, citizens took to Change.org to demand that the credit reporting agency be held accountable. Yesterday, Eva's petition marked a milestone when Equifax’s new CEO announced a commitment to provide its customers with free credit lock services — for life. You can read more about it here.

Now free credit freezes and unfreezes for life
https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/28/equifax-free-lifetime-credit-lock-service/

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #158 on: October 03, 2017, 11:00:33 PM »
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"How does this happen when so much is at stake? I don’t think we can pass a law that can fix stupid,” said Rep. Greg Walden​​​​, R-Ore.

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Re: Equifax hacked!!!
« Reply #159 on: October 04, 2017, 12:07:02 AM »
+1

The government is investigating this right now.

My only issue is that they're dedicating all this time and resource towards the criminal investigation part of it, and not on the victims and the underlying issues. Our current Identiry system is archaic and woefully inadequate and dysfunctional, and needs a major overhaul.

"The White House and Equifax Agree: Social Security Numbers Should Go"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-03/white-house-and-equifax-agree-social-security-numbers-should-go

Thank you!!
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