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Equifax seems to acknowledge that drivers’ licenses were included in the breach, but claims that its failure to mention this up until now does not present any kind of problem, as its disclosures to date were “not exhaustive” — a self-evident statement, in retrospect. Equifax spokesperson Meredith Griffanti told CNNMoney […]
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Leaked Equifax documents provided to US Senate reveal that they dumped all our drivers’ licenses, too, but Equifax says it’s OK, so…
February 10th, 2018 
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No Comments »US Lawmakers Vote To Block Citizens From Suing Equifax
October 26th, 2017 Awake Goy US lawmakers have voted to block citizens from being able to sue Equifax following the devastating hack last month. The Senate voted last Tuesday night to strike a federal rule that would have allowed citizens affected by the hack to sue the company and seek justice for exposing their private details to hackers. Techcrunch.com reports: […]
This Isn’t A Joke: The IRS Just Hired Equifax To Safeguard Taxpayer Data
October 5th, 2017 Awake Goy Just hours after Equifax CEO Rick Smith wrapped up his testimony before the House Energy and Commerce committee – the first in a series of Congressional “fact-finding missions” about the hack – Politico reported that the IRS last week awarded the disgraced credit monitoring bureau with a $7.25 no-bid contract even as the […]
PA Attorney General Concerned About Equifax Cyberattack; Will U.S. Attorneys General Be Upset About Utility Smart Meters Hacking?
October 4th, 2017 Awake Goy By Catherine J. Frompovich According to news reports [1], Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is concerned about and investigating the credit bureau Equifax’s data breach affecting some 143 to 145 million Americans. “People who believe they are an identity theft victim can contact the consumer protection bureau in Shapiro’s office.” [1] “New York […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: about, attorney, attorneys, concerned, cyberattack, equifax, general No Comments »Equifax Data Breach: ‘Disaster’ That Could Sink The Economy
September 25th, 2017 Awake Goy The recent hack of the credit monitoring company Equifax and the exposure of sensitive information of 143 million Americans will be “disastrous” for the credit industry, and therefore the economy. Modern capitalism is based on credit and debt, more so than on capital, and is a work in progress. As more people get spooked by […]
The Equifax Hack Is The Most Disastrous Data Breach In History Because Now Hackers Have The Credit Information Of 143 Million Americans
September 18th, 2017 Awake Goy Talk about a nightmare. It is being reported that criminals were able to hack into Equifax and make off with the credit information of 143 million Americans. We are talking about names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses and even driver’s license numbers. If this data breach was an earthquake, we would be […]
Posted in World News Tags: because, breach, Credit, disastrous, equifax, hackers, history No Comments »Sen. Warren Introduces Legislation To Save Consumers From ‘Equifax Exploitation’
September 17th, 2017 Awake Goy On the heels of Equifax’s massive data breach and its subsequent efforts to force victims into a “rip-off clause” that prevents them from filing class-action lawsuits against the company, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday announced that she is both launching an investigation into the credit-reporting giant’s security practices and introducing legislation (pdf) that would “give control over credit and personal […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: consumers, equifax, exploitation, introduces, legislation, warren No Comments »Forget Equifax, Facebook and Google Have the Data That Should Worry You
September 13th, 2017 Awake Goy Forget Equifax, Facebook and Google Have the Data That Should Worry You September 12th, 2017 Via: Bloomberg: Just for a minute, imagine that hackers have gained access to a database containing sensitive information about hundreds of millions of people. In this totally hypothetical scenario, […]
How to check if your credit information was stolen by hackers who broke into Equifax (143 million Americans affected)
September 13th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) Even if you’ve never used Equifax before, there is a decent possibility that your credit information could have been stolen by hackers in their recent high-profile cybersecurity breach. According to Equifax, the personal information of up to 143 million Americans – nearly half the country – was accessed by cyber criminals. As one […]
Posted in World News Tags: broke, check, Credit, equifax, hackers, information, stolen No Comments »Credit Agency Equifax Threatened To Pay Up In Bitcoin Or Else
September 10th, 2017 Awake Goy By Aaron Kesel Credit reporting agency Equifax was hacked, potentially endangering 143 million Americans’ social security numbers, birth dates, and other private information. Unless, according to the alleged hackers who hacked them, Equifax pays the 600 BTC ransom (2.6 million dollars) by September 15th, according to a Darkweb onion site. The supposed hackers note […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: agency, bitcoin, Credit, equifax, threatened No Comments »Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever
September 9th, 2017 Awake Goy t’s a sad reality in 2017 that a data breach affecting 143 million people is dwarfed by other recent hacks—for instance, the ones hitting Yahoo in 2013 and 2014, which exposed personal details for 1 billion and 500 million users respectively; another that revealed account details for 412 million accounts on sex and […]
Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Hit 143 Million Customers
September 8th, 2017 Awake Goy Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Hit 143 Million Customers September 8th, 2017 Via: Bloomberg: Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyberattack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency, shedding light on one of the […]
Massive Data Breach At Equifax: As Many As 143 Million Social Security Numbers Hacked
September 8th, 2017 Awake Goy The company, which in delightful irony offers credit-monitoring and identity-theft protection products to “guard consumers’ personal information”, said that it had learned of the incident on July 29, 2017, at which point it reported the intrusion to law enforcement and contracted a cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic review: based on the company’s investigation, […]
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