2017 Equifax Data Breach impact you?

July 2019

AFFECTED BY THE EQUIFAX BREACH?

In September of 2017, Equifax announced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million people. The company has agreed to a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories. The settlement includes up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach.

To read more and to easily check if you were impacted, click here and follow the instructions.

More about 2017 can be found here . And, of course, we all remember the 2012 incident in our state as well.

Am I the only one leery of even clicking where that link advised and putting in “last name” and “last 6 of social”. Hate to be paranoid but last week got me really thinking “big brother” is out there !

I went ahead and did it. Took Karen and I 30 seconds to see we were NOT impacted. Hope you weren’t either! Fingers crossed.