{"id":31064,"date":"2017-09-08T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=31064"},"modified":"2019-07-23T08:51:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T12:51:09","slug":"credit-monitoring-company-equifax-says-cyberattack-may-have-exposed-social-security-numbers-other-info-of-143-million-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tjbdeals.com\/?p=31064","title":{"rendered":"Equifax Hacked! Were you one of the 143 Million People Whose Social Security, Date of Birth & Other Personal Info were Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit Monitoring Company Equifax, one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, announced that a cyber-attack left the Social Security numbers, date of birth’s and other personal information of 143 million U.S consumers vulnerable to hackers. There are about 320 million people in the U.S, so roughly 44% of the country are potentially affected.
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Here’s the full statement released by Equifax<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

What to do Now<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the breach, Equifax has created a website<\/span><\/a> to help their customers know whether their information was affected. \"\"<\/a>Once on the website, click on “Check Potential Impact” and provide your last name and last 6 digits of your Social Security Number. You’ll then get a notification whether your personal information was impacted or not.
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Equifax is offering 1 year of Trusted ID Premier – a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service, for free to everyone, regardless of whether your info was compromised or not. You can click here & go on “Begin Enrollment” <\/span><\/a>to start the process. If it tells you to come back at a later date, then you’ll have to come back to the site “Continue Enrollment” after that date.\u00a0 <\/span>
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A couple of questions still remain:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Update 3:48pm: Equifax has opened up a Frequently Asked Questions Page<\/span><\/a><\/span> to answer some of the questions we and many others had.<\/span><\/p>\n