{"id":134597,"date":"2017-09-07T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134597"},"modified":"2017-09-07T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T04:45:00","slug":"basically-consider-worst-personal-identity-data-breach-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/07\/basically-consider-worst-personal-identity-data-breach-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"So basically consider this the worst personal identity data breach ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Equifax is one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, with oodles of information about every American consumer and their finances.<\/p>\n

And they got hacked, and about 143 million people’s data — addresses, SSNs, birth dates, even drivers license numbers — are in the wild.<\/p>\n

They have a page to go to — https:\/\/www.equifaxsecurity2017.com\/<\/a> — ostensibly to find out if you’re one of the unlucky hackees, but they are basically offering credit record protection for free for a year to everyone<\/i> (and anticipating such a rush that they’re staggering the enrollment).<\/p>\n

Yikes.<\/p>\n

Just as a note — anyone in any sort of security capacity who is still<\/i> treating SSN or DoB as a secure value or way to verify identity is a dolt and should be fired.<\/p>\n


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\nEquifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers<\/a><\/span>
\nCriminals gained access to certain files in the company\u2019s system from mid-May to July, according to an investigation by Equifax.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Equifax is one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, with oodles of information about every American consumer and their finances. And they got hacked, and about 143 million people’s data — addresses, SSNs, birth dates, even drivers license numbers — are in the wild. 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