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by jminn1
Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:29 pm
Forum: Technical Tips, Questions & Discussions (Computers & Internet)
Topic: EQUIFAX hacked
Replies: 22
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Re: EQUIFAX hacked

I heard reported on OANN today the hack was via a phone app, not their web site directly.

Where I work, we are required to perform formal full penetration testing on all web apps and phone apps we create prior to release as standard policy, using current state-of-the-art software and process. It's a pain and expensive, but it's also quite necessary in today's hostile electronic universe. I can tell you there are a lot of creative people out there looking for new ways to penetrate networks, systems, phone apps, web sites and they even stoop to social engineering on people. I'm not defending what happened at all. Just pointing out it is a always-evolving electronic world.

For everyone - lock your credit. My wife and I locked ours 3 years ago after an exposure and never looked back. You can still use your credit cards as normal, you just cannot open new lines of credit without going through an extra set of steps and perhaps some small fees depending on your location and age.

There are directions on Clark Howard's web site under "Guides" then "Protect Your Rights and Identity".

IANAL

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