From my friends at CAG Group – Yesterday Equifax announced that it had been breached back in July and as many as 143 million US consumers are impacted. The company is offering free credit monitoring for those impacted by this breach.
I checked my personal information – took 45 seconds – and determined it may have been breached. I encourage you to check yours.
You can find out if you are one of the 143 million US consumers impacted at www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. This is a 2-step process to facility easy access to enrollment in the monitoring offer.
You can learm more about this at several news outlets. Here are some resources:
Wired:
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-that-massive-equifax-breach/
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/equifax-cyberattack.html?mcubz=0&_r=0
CNN Money
http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/07/technology/business/equifax-data-breach/index.html
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