Equifax hacked

[jr/shotglass]

I'm beginning to think that they set up that website to simply tell everyone they might be affected.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Company should be shuttered, assets stripped and distributed to victims.

Then, shut the other mofos down, too. We do not need private companies warehousing data that can ruin our lives.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Wonder how many millions of dollars he leaves with:

Equifax CEO suddenly retires following an epic data breach affecting 143 million people

 

[The Big Ragu]

The BoD is actually deferring payment of whatever was negotiated in his employment contract, while they try to find a reason that will stand up legally for why he should get nothing. He's also not getting an annual bonus for 2017.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

He owes me $5 and a new PIN. Had to pay for debit card replacement after my card number was exposed and my bank account drained by someone named Katrina Gray in Georgia, Minnesota and Michigan on the same day.

 

[Amy]

I'm beginning to think that they set up that website to simply tell everyone they might be affected.

When I checked, I got a message it was believed my information “was not impacted by this incident.”

They left themselves some wiggle room.

 

[Riptide]

He owes me $5 and a new PIN. Had to pay for debit card replacement after my card number was exposed and my bank account drained by someone named Katrina Gray in Georgia, Minnesota and Michigan on the same day.

What happened after that? How does a bank handle it?

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

What happened after that? How does a bank handle it?

MasterCard, which administers the debit card and alerted me to the unusual spending, had the money back in maybe the nest day. By the time I visited the credit union, ready to burn the place down, the money was already back in. There was never a problem there.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

News dump ...

 

[Riptide]

MasterCard, which administers the debit card and alerted me to the unusual spending, had the money back in maybe the nest day. By the time I visited the credit union, ready to burn the place down, the money was already back in. There was never a problem there.

How does MC get the money back? Or does the company eat the loss?

High-stakes hacking like this is scary.

 

[LongTimeListener]

This will be fine, just fine.

IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax

 

[Inky_Wretch]