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MyEquifax.com Bypasses Credit Freeze PIN

March 8, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, credit freeze PIN, Experian, freeze PIN bypass, KBA, Latest Warnings, myEquifax.com, Nancy Bistritz-Balkan, Security Tools, The Coming Storm, Trans Union

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:12:38 +0000

Most people who have frozen their credit files with Equifax have been issued a numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN) which is supposed to be required before a freeze can be lifted or thawed. Unfortunately, if you don’t already have an account at the credit bureau’s new myEquifax portal, it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday.

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Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.

May 9, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, AT&T, California Utility Exchange, Carrie Kerskie, Centralized Credit Check Systems, Consumers Union, credit freeze, Equifax, Equifax Credit Information Services Inc, Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian, Google Chrome 66, Hodges University, Identity Fraud Institute, Innovis, National Consumer Telecommunications and Utilities Exchange, NCTUE, nctue.com, New York Data Exchange, security freeze, Symantec, Trans Union, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 13:36:04 +0000

I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in United States. One gripe I heard from several presenters was that identity thieves increasingly are finding ways to open new mobile phone accounts in the names of people who have already frozen their credit files with the big-three credit bureaus. Here’s a look at what may be going on, and how you can protect yourself.

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Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 13:36:04 +0000

I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in United States. One gripe I heard from several presenters was that identity thieves increasingly are finding ways to open new lines of credit for things like mobile phones on people who have already frozen their credit files with the big-three credit bureaus. Here’s a look at what may be going on, and how you can protect yourself.

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Dell Lost Control of Key Customer Support Domain for a Month in 2017

October 24, 2017 admin Abuse.ch, Carbon Black, Celedonio Albarran, Chris Baker, Dell, Dell Backup and Recovery Application, dell service tag scams, Dellbackupandrecoverycloudstorage.com, digital river, Dmitrii Vassilev, Dyn, Ellen Murphy, Equifax, Equity Residential, Fireclick, Other, parkingcrew, Rapid7, SoftThinks.com, Team Internet, Trans Union

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 03:22:34 +0000

A Web site set up by PC maker Dell Inc. to help customers recover from malicious software and other computer maladies may have been hijacked for a few weeks this summer by people who specialize in deploying said malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. There is a program installed on virtually all Dell computers called “Dell Backup and Recovery Application.” It’s designed to help customers restore their data and computers to their pristine, factory default state should a problem occur with the device. That backup and recovery program periodically checks a rather catchy domain name — DellBackupandRecoveryCloudStorage.com — which until recently was central to PC maker Dell’s customer data backup, recovery and cloud storage solutions. Sometime this summer, DellBackupandRecoveryCloudStorage.com was suddenly snatched away from a longtime Dell contractor for a month and exposed to some questionable content. More worryingly, there are signs the domain may have been pushing malware before Dell’s contractor regained control over it.

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Equifax or Equiphish?

September 24, 2017 admin credit lock, credit monitoring, Equifax, equiphish, Experian, Other, Trans Union, trustedid.com, trustedidpremier.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:53:16 +0000

More than a week after it said most people would be eligible to enroll in a free year of its TrustedID identity theft monitoring service, big three consumer credit bureau Equifax has begun sending out email notifications to people who were able to take the company up on its offer. But in yet another security stumble, the company appears to be training recipients to fall for phishing scams.

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The Equifax Breach: What You Should Know

September 11, 2017 admin ChexSystems, credit freeze, Equifax hack, Experian, Identity Theft, Innovis, Other, Trans Union

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:31:40 +0000

It remains unclear whether those responsible for stealing Social Security numbers and other data on as many as 143 million Americans from big-three credit bureau Equifax intend to sell this data to identity thieves. But if ever there was a reminder that you — the consumer — are ultimately responsible for protecting your financial future, this is it. Here’s what you need to know and what you should do in response to this unprecedented breach.

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Equifax Breach Response Turns Dumpster Fire

September 9, 2017 admin Equifax breach, equihax, Experian, Other, Ray Watson, Trans Union

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:15:13 +0000

I cannot recall a previous data breach in which the breached company’s public outreach and response has been so haphazard and ill-conceived as the one coming right now from big-three credit bureau Equifax, which rather clumsily announced Thursday that an intrusion jeopardized Social security numbers and other information on 143 million Americans.