Let me guess, they were all registered Democrats?
143 million Americans - that’s significantly more than half the adult population of the US. Do they all get a free year of credit monitoring? Bet those stocks just went up.
If anyone is using any form of their birthdate, address, DL# or SS# as a password for anything (never a good idea anyway), now’s probably a good time to change it.
And now this:
ZDNet editor Zack Whittaker notes that anyone who signs up for Equifax’s free credit monitoring service to see if their personal information has been compromised must sign away the right to participate in any class action lawsuit against the company.
Wondering: Did any of Comrade Cockholster’s lenders ever check his Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion reports?
ETA:
Eric Schneiderman ‏Verified account @AGSchneiderman
This language is unacceptable and unenforceable. My staff has already contacted @Equifax to demand that they remove it.
And the lawsuits begin:
And this is damned interesting. Just a coincidence, I’m sure.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/three-equifax-executives-sold-stock-before-revealing-cyber-hack
And this: