Tag: Equifax

Equifax and Trump

The following article was posted on the TrumpAccountable.org website September 16, 2017:

As of September 16, 2017 Donald Trump has yet to tweet about the Equifax data breach or express outrage on behalf of the millions of Americans whose credit and identities could be vulnerable for decades.

As an English teacher for almost 20 years, I would suggest the following edits to a recent Trump tweet about an ESPN reporter:

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It could be that Trump is still stinging from a data breach reported at Trump hotels that compromised guest credit card numbers at 14 of its hotels this summer.

View the post here.

Why should we have to pay for credit reporting firm’s blunder?

The following article by Bob Collins was posted on the Minnesota Public Radio website September 13, 2017:

Credit: AP Photo/Elise Amendola

Like everyone else with a credit card, my data was among that stolen from the ginormous Equifax credit reporting company. Assuming the hackers knew what they were doing, it won’t be long before they try to steal my identity.

They got our Social Security numbers in the hack.

“That puts you at peril of identity theft for as long as you’ve got a beating heart,” the Chicago Tribune says in an editorial today.

I don’t have much choice in this underreported affair; I have to freeze my credit at not only Equifax, but every other major credit reporting firm. Continue reading “Why should we have to pay for credit reporting firm’s blunder?”