Equifax data breach

marcuswale3 · 2017-09-08T08:11:32.000Z

What’s your opinions on this? Wake up call? always going to happen?

“website application vulnerability” What are you guys using to defend against things such as this?

BBC News

Massive Equifax data breach hits 143 million

Credit reporting giant said 'criminals' accessed data such as Social Security numbers and birth dates

krisleslie · 2017-09-08T08:32:54.000Z

Nothing yet other
Than moving to ssl and certificates

dataless · 2017-09-08T08:52:34.000Z

A company that I never personally approved to have the information leaked it for me. Awesome!

At the very least they owe me credit monitoring free for life (since they hold the data, it shouldn’t be a problem), and if anything happens to my credit say the next 5-10 years they should be legally responsible for all damages and costs at a minimum.

This isn’t me picking on one company BTW, any company that “looses” information should be held liable for damages. Not holding these companies responsible is the reason why data breaches that leak personal information happen every week (most small, but still).

brandonherr · 2017-09-08T10:15:53.000Z

Leaking of information is inevitable. It seems like every other week another “leak” or exploit is found. This is the nature of technology. Someone finds a flaw and someone else will have to patch it. Humans are not perfect, thus the applications are not perfect.

Chillnspree · 2017-09-08T10:23:50.000Z

By the way, they’re directing users to sign up for TrustedID, which they own. Signing up for it requires you to forfeit your right to sue Equifax.

Denis-Kelley · 2017-09-08T10:59:27.000Z

Chillnspree:

By the way, they’re directing users to sign up for TrustedID, which they own. Signing up for it requires you to forfeit your right to sue Equifax.

Honestly, they should be sued and the affected folks should get real money. Most of the time the lawyers get all the money and the affected get a coupon for a discounted Whopper. It is really a shame.

Mike400 · 2017-09-08T11:17:03.000Z

What’s worse is three of Equifax’s top executives sold a combined $1.8 million in stock a couple of days after this breach was discovered. Those three should be in jail already and their assets used to pay for lifetime credit monitoring of everyone whose information is stored at Equifax.

arnieskeels3144 · 2017-09-08T12:24:37.000Z

The data should not ever have been attached to internet facing sites; may also be a violation of PCI compliance as well.

DragonsRule · 2017-09-08T13:12:37.000Z

Locking this thread, please see earlier post here:

Equifax Exposed Security

According to initial reports, it's looking like one of the big credit reporting companies in the US has had a breach of over 140 million accounts. Of course, some of the data that was exposed include social security numbers, address and potentially drivers license numbers. Seriously, this is one of the big companies responsible for handling the credit history for Americans, something that directly impacts getting any kind of credit/loan. They hold some of the most sensitive information for ident…