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GENERAL STUFF => GENERAL DISCUSSIONS => Random Chit Chat => Topic started by: BlackOpsHosting on September 09, 2017, 02:19:13
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As you may or may not know Equifax was hacked,
:link: Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million in the U.S. - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/equifax-cyberattack.html?mcubz=0)
and now there is a possibility your information is on the dark web.
This has happened to me before, so I have some experience with it.
The DOD database was hacked a few years ago, and all of our financial info was out there on the dark web to see and rip off or be sold.
Protect yourself by locking up your credit reports (All 3), it costs about $35 total, and $35 to unlock.
Upside is no one can open accounts in your name without you getting a phone call.
The downside is, if you want to apply for credit, you have to unlock them again.
In the 10 years I was in the middle east 6 attempts were made to open accounts in my name, all failed.
Here are the links if you should wish to avail yourself of the advice.
:link: Place a Security Freeze on Your Credit | TransUnion (https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze/place-credit-freeze)
:link: Please Wait For Page To Load (https://www.freeze.equifax.com/)
:link: Security Freeze Center at Experian (https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html)
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:thanx:
Do those credit reports explain what you were doing in the Middle East? :needspecscleaning: