kwtoxman
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If you have a credit report (26 million Canadians do), your personal data may have been recently hacked and taken. Literally, and potentially including SINs.
143 million people affected, and an unknown amount of Canadians.
It's a gong show right now without a lot of information, and at this point Equifax is not even going to notify affected people (not beyond the <0.5% who had their CC info exposed as well). And there isn't a lot of info for Canadians yet.
Time to do some research.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3727677/equifax-data-hack-canada/
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3223142/security/equifax-hack-how-to-know-affected-data-breach.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/3727677/equifax-data-hack-canada/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/equifax-hack-how-to-find-out-if-you-were-hacked/
http://www.moneysense.ca/news/5-things-to-know-about-the-equifax-hack/
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/ne...36202933/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/equifax-breach-1.4280682
https://www.thestar.com/business/20...each-may-affect-143-million-people-in-us.html
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/07/143m_american_equifax_customers_exposed/
Edit: I'll add other links and info below to try to keep this first post updated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...ld-create-lifelong-identity-theft-threat.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/equifax-hack-canadians-1.4287904
http://fortune.com/2017/09/09/equifax-hack-crisis/
If you have a credit report (26 million Canadians do), your personal data may have been recently hacked and taken. Literally, and potentially including SINs.
Equifax says the breach leaked highly sensitive information, too, including “names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers.”
143 million people affected, and an unknown amount of Canadians.
It's a gong show right now without a lot of information, and at this point Equifax is not even going to notify affected people (not beyond the <0.5% who had their CC info exposed as well). And there isn't a lot of info for Canadians yet.
Time to do some research.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3727677/equifax-data-hack-canada/
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3223142/security/equifax-hack-how-to-know-affected-data-breach.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/3727677/equifax-data-hack-canada/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/equifax-hack-how-to-find-out-if-you-were-hacked/
http://www.moneysense.ca/news/5-things-to-know-about-the-equifax-hack/
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/ne...36202933/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/equifax-breach-1.4280682
https://www.thestar.com/business/20...each-may-affect-143-million-people-in-us.html
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/07/143m_american_equifax_customers_exposed/
Edit: I'll add other links and info below to try to keep this first post updated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...ld-create-lifelong-identity-theft-threat.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/equifax-hack-canadians-1.4287904
http://fortune.com/2017/09/09/equifax-hack-crisis/
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