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September 7, 2017 09:59 pm GMT
More about Hackers, Hacking, Equifax, Tech, and Cybersecurity
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How to tell if you're one of the 143 million Americans affected by the Equifax hack
So Equifax was hacked. Like, badly. But how to tell if you, personally, are affected by the massive data breach? There's a website for that — as long as you don't mind forking over even more information to Equifax.
The credit reporting agency announced Thursday that private identifying information on potentially 143 million US citizens was accessed by "criminals," and that the information in question could include names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and even possibly driver's license numbers.
Like we said, it's bad.
SEE ALSO: Bad news for literally anyone with a credit card: you probably just got hacked Read more...
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