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  • 3rd30 002: Identity Theft: EQUIFAX credit company breached. Was your personal information stolen?











       3rd30 Podcast #002:  
       EQUIFAX Hacked By Cyber Thieves 




    News Flash!
    EQUIFAX announces they were hacked
    by Cyber Thieves in 2017




    By Dug Barnett on December 5, 2017

















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    News flash that everyone should know about. EQUIFAX announces they were
    hacked by Cyber Thieves
    in 2017 




    Hi everybody? I hope you are having a great day. This is Dug Barnett and welcome to Episode #002 of my 3rd30 podcasts. This episode is a News Bulletin about Identity Theft rather than a typical podcast. Everyone should know about this.  I stumbled across it in my research for one of my podcasts and wanted you to know about it. We need to find out why this wasn’t announced to everyone who had their information stolen.          Remember: The purpose of 3rd30 is to help people learn how to plan for and enjoy the best 30 years of their life. 




    What happened?  




    EQUIFAX, the credit reporting company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga.,  located in 24 countries, and that is one of three
    such companies that track our credit scores has
    announced that they were hacked 
    by cyber thieves 
    between May and 
    July of this year, 
    2017 and millions of 
    records (some
    estimates put it at
    over 143 million customers) were stolen containing our personal
    information.
     
    Most of the consumer information accessed includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some instances, driver’s license numbers (“Consumer Notice – Cybersecurity Incident & Important Consumer Information | Equifax,” n.d.).
     
    Identity Theft Not Reported
     
    Equally disturbing, although EQUIFAX became aware of the breach on July 29th they did not report it until September 7th. They are not alone.


    According to a recent survey, nearly 40% of in-house attorneys and general counsel fail to disclose security issues to their board (“38% of Attorneys Fail to Disclose Cyber security Issues to Board,” n.d.). 
     
    I actually worked for a company that was hacked and we, the employees, were told we couldn’t say anything to anybody. This is unacceptable and should be illegal. We will talk more about this problem and what you can do to protect yourself in an upcoming episode.
     




    What should you do?




    For now, you should go to Equifaxsecurity2017.com, to find out: 




    7 min

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Dug Barnett, from the 3rd30 Retirement Blog, shares his online business, blogging, and podcast strategies. Most importantly, you will learn how to avoid the biggest, most common mistakes people make before and during retirement and how to make the next 30 years the best years of your life.