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Equifax hack, 143 million.
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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 9, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Anybody notice the increase in frequency of "Experion dark web scan" commercials?
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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 9, 2017 at 2:38 pm (This post was last modified: September 9, 2017 at 2:39 pm by Aroura.)
It is my understanding that the site that claims to identify if you were affected ornot is either broken, or just gives random answers.
Also, if you continje through the entire sign up process, you may be signing away your rights to a class action lawsuit against equifax. This appears to be the real purpose of the supposed help id site.
Oh, heres the link to that info, sorry.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/psa-no...-the-hack/
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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 9, 2017 at 2:49 pm
how would they know who specifically was compromised?

Shouldn't they just assume everyone in their system ??
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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 9, 2017 at 4:24 pm
(September 9, 2017 at 2:38 pm)Aroura Wrote: It is my understanding that the site that claims to identify if you were affected ornot is either broken, or just gives random answers.
Also, if you continje through the entire sign up process, you may be signing away your rights to a class action lawsuit against equifax. This appears to be the real purpose of the supposed help id site.
Oh, heres the link to that info, sorry.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/psa-no...-the-hack/

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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 9, 2017 at 4:26 pm
(September 9, 2017 at 2:49 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: how would they know who specifically was compromised?

Shouldn't they just assume everyone in their system ??

I couldn't say specifically, but it's almost certainly through forensic analysis. Stuff gets logged, hackers leave "footprints" behind.
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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 9, 2017 at 6:13 pm
If they accessed personal information through an API, I'd expect an access log (if reviewed quickly enough because log rotation) to allow for some idea of compromise. If they got into a database, I would be surprised any queries were logged (with their result sets) to figure out what is exposed.
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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 12, 2017 at 6:51 pm
I've now got a freeze on all three credit bureaus.   This is a big fucking deal. 

These jokers need to fined into bankruptcy.  If you've applied for any kind of credit in the past 10 years, you are probably affected.

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RE: Equifax hack, 143 million.
September 14, 2017 at 9:16 am
From the FTC website: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/0...ch-what-do
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