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MRW I see my Equifax credit report is bad because my identify has been stolen because of Equifax
Oct 13, 2017 3:00 AM
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jgdlx4
They should close their doors.
pentagoninformation
Credit reports aren't real George it only seems like it
buggerandgy
Equifax Is that Canadian ?
MiasmaCorrigan
Man, Equifax never even gave me my report. I sent 2 forms last year and they just sent me the same shit to refill.
ilovecake
Get them free annually online. Just Google for Free Credit Report. Will get all 3 major bureaus at once.
eromitlab
MANNNNNNN!
Beartrails
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
That's fine, I just found out I apparently have two mortgages, both listed as joint with my ex wife. It's a ballache untangling this crap
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
To be fair it's an administrative cock up rather than malicious, but even then it's a pain in the arse.
dubone99
Arrange to get it corrected or sue them.
WeylandAve
Credit ratings is just out way of punishing poor people for being poor. The whole system sucks.
Jimjohnnyjonenson
Jokes on you. My equifax report is bad because I'm poor as shit.
bl0ke
My credit rating is pretty much flawless - 999 with Experian UK. I dare not even *look* at Equifax with all this shit going on.
DigitalGuru42
Does Experian UK use a different rating system? What does the system go upto? In the USA 850 is top score.
kratlusker96
Because that makes more sense *sarcasm*
JohnTheBird
Pleas read Brian Krebs blog for help https://krebsonsecurity.com/?s=equifax+breach&x=0&y=0 . He has some experience being attacked.
DrLivingstoneIpresume
AgnosticPaladin
Well, it's not like it's the first time we got fisted by the invisible hand.
ImguriansAreAssesLovinglyThough
FREEZE YOUR CREDIT. No one knows about it, its hella cheep. The big companies don't tell you b/c they can't sell you credit monitoring syste
ilovecake
Uh, why did you not freeze your credit immediately once the breach was reported? I did, as a preventative. Was free as well. Come on now...
Gilgamech
Did you check the phishing site or the haxed site? (both srs)
JBerg003
No one will get in trouble for this either. They’re going to sweep this under the rug and get away Scott free!
eromitlab
Execs probably will skate for selling stock before the breach was revealed too. Yay for a government that lets business do what they want!
drowninginthesouth
Just read an article yesterday that they experienced a second security breach.
sirbartonslady
The IRS just contracted them for data security, after all that shit went public. They're getting rewarded for failing at their jobs.
JBerg003
Welcome to the world we live in. I’ve seen many people in my life fail and be rewarded. Keep pushing, you’ll be rewarded for succeeding!
sirbartonslady
Crap, replied to the wrong comment.
RabidEjaculator
Pretty sure I read they got a fat government contract right after this happened to secure credit information... How...!?!?
unknownSubscriber
Lol...youre pretty sure you read that someplace...OUTRAGE
RabidEjaculator
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4968558/equifax-breach-irs-contract/%3Fsource%3Ddam&v
unknownSubscriber
They pulled the contract numb nuts.
RabidEjaculator
Sorry I missed news from 3 hours ago while I was at work. You seem like such a miserable person. Have a nice day bro
RabidEjaculator
Didn't feel like searching for the link for you at 1AM. Clown
smirkingwhoreofchicago
And you if you used their site to see if you were hacked, you can't sue them
ForgotMyOtherAcct
They tried to do that for like the first day, then were told that wouldn't fly legally. This is not accurate.
Jellybeanboom
I think it will be the equivalent of Yelling NO TAG-BACKS by the time all the lawsuits/charges are filed
Cuzinsam
Your comment has been downvoted only by the execs from Equifax who resigned
SINisterWyvern
No it was instantly verified by lawyers that it only applies to the credit monitoring service and not the breach itself so
Cuzinsam
Each of us affected get $7!!
jadespider
that's not true at all.
PuckeredAnus
Not true
rssplowman
Which is the sleaziest fucking thing ever. That should be thrown the fuck out of any court.
crocostyle
the execs should be thrown the fuck out of a 10 story window.
geology
It was
serenityfast
It wasn't ever taken to court, because the TOS applied to credit protection, not to the site where you checked if you were hacked.
rssplowman
They honestly should be put out of business for such an infraction, but they're probably "too big to fail".
cuddlydingo
Make sure you use their site to also download the Adobe Flash malware, too. For serious, how are these guys a credit agency??
WhatzitTooya
Disregard the rules to grow faster and hope that it will hold together long enough until you are "too big to fail".
CapitanTypo
Because America thinks regulation is bad and everything is the victim's fault?
dangerousDoc
As a person who lives with an irs audit This is the opposite of true
superpaul79
Why do we even have credit scores?! I will never be able to own my own home because I went to college!!! RAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRR!!! fml.
Gigapudin
Because they cater only to companies who are their real clients. You mean nothing to them. Beauty of American capitalism.
NightfallEverdark
I wish I was kidding, but they are too large a credit monitoring entity to replicate by another company at this time. So stuck with them.
DigitalGuru42
What about Experian and TransUnion? Why do we need 3?
NightfallEverdark
Apparently, while they overlap, the 'too big to fail' mentality insulates them from real change or oversight
AlaSnackbar
I think they should just shutter the company down. This is beyond irresponsible.
macuillen
Shutter it down, boyners.
Anonawesome
"Close all the shutters so people can't see in the windows and steal users' data! Why didn't we think of that??"
CountVorkosigan
They need to shut down the whole industry and put some executives in prison forever.
BenjamanFranklin
Thank fuck
AlaSnackbar
It needs to happen to more than just this industry. Start making CEOs responsible and jail them and watch things get normal fast.
eromitlab
Ask the IRS, they gave Equifax a $7mil no-bid government contract to verify identities.
JBerg003
Working for us, not themselves, am I right????
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED2
7 mil is pretty low for some thing like that
thefuckwouldiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels
Would you say they made a bad... Deal? Hehe princess trump
Antermosiph
I feel kinda bad for hte IRS. They have been in a hiring freeze for ages and have been so underfunded they can't do their job.
z3lfmoord
Good. We hate the irs
Antermosiph
Yes because the massive increase in tax fraud / stolen identities being unsolved is a good thing.
lionsilverwolf
No, we hate the laws that govern taxes. The IRS is good guys, they got Capone.