Tag: Credit Freeze
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Experian’s Credit Freeze Security is Still a Joke
In 2017, KrebsOnSecurity showed how easy it is for identity thieves to undo a consumer’s request to freeze their credit file at Experian, …
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Why & Where You Should You Plant Your Flag
Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and …
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MyEquifax.com Bypasses Credit Freeze PIN
Most people who have frozen their credit files with Equifax have been issued a numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN) which is …
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Equifax Has Chosen Experian. Wait, What?
A year after offering free credit monitoring to all Americans on account of its massive data breach that exposed the personal information …
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Experian credit-freeze PINs could be revealed by a simple trick
Last year was a rough time for consumers whose personal information was handled with, shall we say, less than due diligence by the credit …
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Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin
It is now free in every U.S. state to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and that of your dependents, a process that blocks identity …
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In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free
Later this month, all of the three major consumer credit bureaus will be required to offer free credit freezes to all Americans and their …
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Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.
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 …
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Survey: Americans Spent $1.4B on Credit Freeze Fees in Wake of Equifax Breach
Almost 20 percent of Americans froze their credit file with one or more of the big three credit bureaus in the wake of last year’s data …
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Checked Your Credit Since the Equifax Hack?
A recent consumer survey suggests that half of all Americans still haven’t checked their credit report since the Equifax breach last year …
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The Market for Stolen Account Credentials
Past stories here have explored the myriad criminal uses of a hacked computer, the various ways that your inbox can be spliced and diced to …
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Fear Not: You, Too, Are a Cybercrime Victim!
Maybe you’ve been feeling left out because you weren’t among the lucky few hundred million or billion who had their personal information …
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