Following this month’s Equifax data breach affecting 143 million people, rumors began swirling around about the details of this hack. It’s not only important to take action and freeze your credit at the credit reporting bureaus, but also to understand what’s true and what’s false concerning this unfortunate event.
Equifax announced yesterday that it suffered a massive data breach affecting 143 million U.S. consumers. The unprecedented hack exposed names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birth dates, and driver’s license numbers—all critical pieces of information used by identity thieves to impersonate people and conduct fraud. Learn what you can do today to protect yourself.
If you have some extra time this summer, we highly recommend that you adopt these three cybersecurity resolutions to keep your money and credit safe. We explain how to significantly improve your financial defense against financial fraud and identity theft.