Equifax - You've Been H4x0r3d

[Jayy]

Anyone had one of these letters?

Just received one today to let me know that my shit was breached in May 2017 and they just thought I should know... you know, just incase the hackers have been using my details for 6 months

Luckily, I'm not a total noob and was already aware of this but still, something about it all makes me mad that a company who offers credit monitoring and fraud prevention monitoring has been hacked and the hackers most likely using all that lovely information to do the exact things they are "supposed" to have been protecting me against?

[CaNsA]

For those not in the know:-

Equifax is the global leader in storing/handling and selling data about everyone ever.
All data about everything.

Equifax gets mega hacked.
Equifax gets mega hacked again.
Equifax realises that they have no money because stock mega dropped.
US Gov assign the IRS data handling contract to Equifax, a bailout made to look like not a bailout. The contract wasn't even put out to tender, it was just given to Equifax.
Equifax website gets hacked.
IRS pull contract from Equifax.

[johnsmith222]

[Jayy]

It appears I was one of the lucky ones...

Uploaded the letter here if anyone wants to see it

https://imgur.com/a/TpUNl

Their "Web Defend" service helps me set up alerts if someone uses my details fraudulently... can I set up an alert if someone has breached my service defending me from the frauds?

[Going]

Don't get why everybody's worried, if the hacker had the monies said hacker could of paid for the info. Instead now the hacker can sell the info for half the price of Equifax and get rich.
Now to see if Equifax had any info on me and then get mad and ask for monies.

[owl]

Got the same letter, do we get free monies now?
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