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It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian – Krebs on Security (krebsonsecurity.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile I can't even be myself at experian because their account creation page is buggy and thinks my password contains my username

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maddening. Meanwhile, I was offered $25 for their credit breach for which I known future damage will occur. And I'm supposed to lap up that class action pittance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean Equifax?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, thanks for the correction. Wouldn't want anyone to walk away with the impression any credit bureau starting with "E" handles their data with any competence--plenty to go around!