[Hidden-tech] Experian Hack

[David Korpiewski]

This may be so, but my friend put her information into the site and it 
came up as she was not affected.   So not everyone is affected.  It is 
however a very poor site with a lot of issues, including that the domain 
is not registered to equifax.



On 9/15/2017 3:15 PM, Doug Lowing wrote:
> I verified the Equifax site will take any random name and number.  
> Therefore they assume everyone's information has been taken.
> From the NY times article:
> "Except as my friend Justin Soffer pointed out on Twitter, you can 
> enter a random name and number into the site and it will tell you the 
> same thing. Indeed, I typed “Trump” and arbitrary numbers and got the 
> same message.So my default assumption quickly switched to this: 
> Equifax has no earthly idea who is affected. "
>
> Wonderfulness.
>
> -Doug Lowing
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Zach Fried <zach at localprosper.com 
> <mailto:zach at localprosper.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Rob and HT community,
>
>     Your concerns are more valid than ever. Thanks for the reminder to
>     be vigilant for all our financial accounts. Ron Lieber, a client
>     of mine, put together a good "here's what to do" article
>     <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/your-money/identity-theft/equifaxs-instructions-are-confusing-heres-what-to-do-now.html>
>     for the NY Times
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David Korpiewski
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