penguinsix

I think people are starting to get "data breach" fatigue. My data has probably been leaked a half dozen times that I know about.

I use https://haveibeenpwned.com to track data leaks. Get some random emails every now and then saying such and such website was hacked and my email was on it, etc.

Anian

The people who may have just revealed my personal data to hackers now want me to give them my personal data to make sure it is protected from hackers they let steal it in the first place. And these are the people who tell everyone how responsible I am before I can get a loan.

The protection only lasts one year, do they think that I'll get a new SS number in a year? They are pretty much just telling the hackers to wait a year before using them.

dakota44

I guess explains their crappy security. Hire a college music major as security chief. Any bets on these being 2 who sold stock before announcing the breach?


Equifax's chief information officer and chief security officer are out - Sep. 15, 2017
"Susan Mauldin, who had been the top security officer, and David Webb, the chief technology officer, are retiring from Equifax immediately. Mauldin, a college music major, had come under media scrutiny for her qualifications in security. Equifax did not say in its statement what retirement packages the executives would receive."

md95065

Everyone needs to get over the idea that their social security number is some closely guarded secret - it isn't and it never has been.

Pulaski

Also the idea that all you need to get a loan is to key in your SSN and name and sit back and wait for your check. It take a bit more information than that to get a loan, because, contrary to the belief of some people banks and finance companies aren't in the business of just giving money away.

mrken30

Health providers however are more willing to give care just based on SSNs, a drivers license and sometimes an insurance card. Utility companies are also quite willing to provide service just with a name and SSN.

robin1234

You probably mean - Some people need to get over this idea ...

mrken30

Together with your DOB, address, phone number, inside leg measurement,...

Not much is secret anymore, except maybe DNA for some people.

Pulaski

Why should I care? At the moment I don't, and as their is nothing I can do to stop someone using my SSN as theirs for the purpose of obtaining medical service or connecting utilities, I can't see any useful purpose in spending even five seconds worrying about it! I have enough to worry about with things in my life that I can control or influence, without starting worrying about things I have no control over whatsoever!

There is, AFAICT nothing to stop someone making up a nine digit number and giving it to their utility company as "their SSN"?

mrken30

More information was released on the hack if anyone is interested.

Equifax Shares More Details About Breach | SecurityWeek.Com

mrken30

Looks like they are still having issues

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/equi...hing-site.html

petitefrancaise

unfu...believable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/b...site.html?_r=0

Someone Made a Fake Equifax Site. Then Equifax Linked to It.

mrken30

Maybe it's safer to start using fake SSNs

mrken30

And now the SEC has been hacked. Is nowhere safe?

SEC Says It Was Hacked in 2016 | SecurityWeek.Com

Anian

Asked my father-in-law if he was affected by the Equifax data breach. He told me he didn't use Equifax so it won't affect him. Had to explain credit check companies to him.