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Massive, Massive Data Breach at Credit Reporting Firm Equifax May Reveal Private Information, Including Social Security Numbers, About Almost Every Adult in America
143 million may now be exposed to full-on identity theft (and theft of actual money, I'd assume).
Credit reporting firm Equifax says cybersecurity incident could potentially affect 143 million US consumers Equifax said data on 143 million U.S. customers was obtained in a breachYou can sign up for credit monitoring at www.equifaxsecurity2017.com -- I assume this will be offered freely to those Equifax has helped harm. But I don't know. This is enormous. If a foreign power is discovered to be behind this... I don't even know what would come next.
The breach occurred on July 29 Personal information including birth dates, credit card numbers and more was obtained in the breach Equifax Inc., which supplies credit information and other information services, said Thursday that a cybersecurity incident could have potentially affected 143 million consumers in the U.S. ... Equifax said it discovered the breach on July 29. "Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files," the company explained. Leaked data includes names, birth dates, social security numbers, addresses and potentially drivers licenses. 209,000 U.S. credit card numbers were also obtained, in addition to "certain dispute documents with personal identifying information for approximately 182,000 U.S. consumers." ... Equifax said it is now alerting customers whose information was included in the breach via mail, and is working with state and federal authorities. Its private investigation into the breach is complete.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NCKate at September 07, 2017 05:07 PM (9S69S)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 07, 2017 05:07 PM (rjrh3)
Posted by: NCKate at September 07, 2017 05:08 PM (9S69S)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:08 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: Boots at September 07, 2017 05:09 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: NCKate at September 07, 2017 05:10 PM (9S69S)
You can sign up for credit monitoring at www.equifaxsecurity2017.com -- I assume this will be offered freely to those Equifax has helped harm.
Only $9.95 per month!
We swear we won't leak it again.
Posted by: Equalfux at September 07, 2017 05:10 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 07, 2017 05:10 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 07, 2017 05:10 PM (rjrh3)
Posted by: Zombie Tom CLancy at September 07, 2017 05:11 PM (suO/a)
I don't know if it's related to this. Could be. It was a couple i tunes charges.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2017 05:11 PM (TOk1P)
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Not a credit 'guard'. A credit 'monitor'.
It tells you when you're a victim of identity theft.
"You're a victim of identity theft."
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:11 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: steevy at September 07, 2017 05:11 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Cheri at September 07, 2017 05:11 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: NBC at September 07, 2017 05:11 PM (/qEW2)
Way to leave the barn door open.
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Dang at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (JT16X)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Hairy Reade (R-Hell) at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (QtQaN)
All we're missing now is a plague of locusts, although we have the worst love bug season I've ever seen right now. Nasty little f*ckers (literally, they f*ck in flight) get in the car, the house, everything.
Hope the hurricane blows them all the way to Chicago.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: MAGA at September 07, 2017 05:13 PM (Jz+wH)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 07, 2017 05:13 PM (XFue2)
Would that be customers that knowingly signed up for Equifax services, or the rest of us whose data Equifax collected without our knowledge or permission?
Posted by: Boots at September 07, 2017 05:13 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:13 PM (PY9jH)
Look on the bright side -- you've all got an excuse if the wife finds some "questionable" charges on the statement.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at September 07, 2017 05:14 PM (8O3HH)
Clean sweep.
Posted by: 13times at September 07, 2017 05:14 PM (WHVu+)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 05:14 PM (QC/4S)
And how is your fever, Mr Ace? Getting enough fluids are we?
Mwahahahahaha!!!
Posted by: Dr. Salomon Melgen at September 07, 2017 05:14 PM (mJ8mX)
===
And terrorists hacked vulnerabilities in our free and open aviation travel system.
It's hackers , all the way down.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:14 PM (2wRtc)
That would mean that people have already been a victims of identity theft due to this.
Unless it's a state actor. That's a different story entirely.
And if people don't come out and say they were already victims of this, perhaps that can be assumed.
Also.. my guess is that EVERYONE who has been a victim of identify theft in the past will be so again, because you are told to report said theft to the three monitoring agencies. So if at any time you've dealt with them, my guess is you're at risk.
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 05:15 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Jimmy C at September 07, 2017 05:15 PM (QtQaN)
Posted by: Equifux at September 07, 2017 05:15 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: male morgue 'patient' at September 07, 2017 05:16 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: Boots at September 07, 2017 05:13 PM (EBwPV)
143 mill? Has to be people whose credit is reported to the agency. That s a lot of people.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 05:16 PM (wmaTe)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 07, 2017 05:16 PM (4e+hS)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:16 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: Dang at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (JT16X)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Simon Radecki at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (QQ+il)
that was over a FING month ago you assholes!
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (2ZDHg)
With Fraud alert already on all my accounts, who knows.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (EyPfd)
I dunno, can't a federal judge out of hawaii block this stuff?
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (DQdye)
Posted by: Glen Beck at September 07, 2017 05:17 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Jeffersonian at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (xiOrX)
that was over a FING month ago you assholes!
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IT HAPPENED IN MID MAY.
THEY DID NOT DISCOVER IT UNTIL JULY 29TH.
/as per Financial Times article
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Tentotwo at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (yhf6w)
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oh right, Hawaiin federal judges only work against the american interest as concierge service for foreigners.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (DQdye)
That's it China: kiss your your Amazon Prime goodbye!
Posted by: US Dept of Contemporary and Genderfluid Defense at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (QtQaN)
Oh, goody. Something else to worry about.
All we're missing now is a plague of locusts
Don't you...
Forget about me!
Posted by: Kim Jong-un at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Rick in SK at September 07, 2017 05:18 PM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:19 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2017 05:19 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:19 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Kim Jong Un (R) at September 07, 2017 05:19 PM (tbOMB)
That's what I'd do, If I was still PresIdent.
Posted by: #OccupiedResoluteDeskLivesMatter at September 07, 2017 05:19 PM (L0QjK)
maybe a new tough GOP potus will work on sending Seal Team 4 through their assholes.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:19 PM (DQdye)
Posted by: HBO at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (QC/4S)
Posted by: Dang at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (JT16X)
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no biggie: somewhere between 1/3rd to 1/2 of them die in gun violence here in the US every day, so the problem will resolve itself shortly.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (2ZDHg)
Posted by: steevy at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (rmVvL)
Seems the only protection against identity theft is to have bad credit and make not so much money.
I'm doing my part.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Decaf at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (35LZK)
Posted by: tu3031 at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:21 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 07, 2017 05:21 PM (4e+hS)
Posted by: Infidel at September 07, 2017 05:21 PM (mxS7w)
"All we're missing now is a plague of locusts (R)"
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And Irma (R) will bring Frognado (R).
Posted by: Decaf at September 07, 2017 05:20 PM (35LZK)
Posted by: NYT fat checking dept. at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Weasel at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (Sfs6o)
I'm sure that all of Equi Fax's employees are good hard working honest Americans!
No out sourced or H1B type folks...
/spit.
Posted by: Don Q. at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (NgKpN)
Just an FYI for the SE morons and 'ettes.
Next update will be 11:00 p.m., so who knows?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (PY9jH)
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that wasn't a hack: Obola's minions *hired* a Chinese firm to run the system and gave them root access.
it's not a hack when you're given access to the system under contract.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (2ZDHg)
The breach occurred on July 29"
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What date was it Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Pakistani tried to flee the country?
Posted by: Decaf at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (35LZK)
The CHIIIIIPPPP
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:21 PM
But soon the chip will be in your forehead or hand and that will make it all better!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (0tfLf)
Wildfires, 2-3 hundred year major hurricanes, norks with bombs, earthquakes in the Rocky Mountains, now a major credit breach.
Its the ENDDDD!!! Until it's not. But ughhh.
Posted by: LizLem at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (hvf9s)
Turducken was the last great advance in the culinary arts.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (QQ+il)
OT - Fox Business is doing a story that Farcebook took Kremlin cash. But I didn't see any details
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (493sH)
Posted by: 13times at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (WHVu+)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:24 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: EQUIFAX at September 07, 2017 05:24 PM (QC/4S)
Turducken was the last great advance in the culinary arts.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (QQ+il)
Hamburgers with glazed donuts for the bun.
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2017 05:24 PM (z/Ubi)
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that wasn't a hack: Obola's minions *hired* a Chinese firm to run the system and gave them root access.
it's not a hack when you're given access to the system under contract
***
Right...that's the kind of hacking they had in the obama admin, some incompetent contractor (who I still think was Michelle's roommate or something what got her a sweet job like that) left America's underwear out on the front porch to get stolen.
or the Russian hack our election which translates to "dead DNC intern gave up the goods"
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:24 PM (DQdye)
Just coincidence.
Posted by: 13times at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (WHVu+)
What do most Russians have? Bathtub vodka, b.o. and squalor. And memories.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:24 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Chris M at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (eAZVt)
peanut butter and jelly in the same jar? Why don't we see innovation
like that anymore?
Turducken was the last great advance in the culinary arts.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:23 PM (QQ+il)
Hamburgers with glazed donuts for the bun.
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2017 05:24 PM (z/Ubi)
Bacon donuts.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (vmsda)
I am intrigued and wish to subscribe to your recipe newsletter.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (QQ+il)
In case you missed or ingored it...
Kittens Swim For New Humans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c4KhoCFxzA
And an update, courtesy of our own Cat Lady (Shibumi) :
http://tinyurl.com/jq6c7bu
/they're all grown up and beautiful!
Posted by: Soothsayer On Ice! at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (mBtaw)
Luckily they were all caught before they went through. I am sure no one will ever be punished.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (a7FXx)
I was offered free Equifax service after a hospital had a breakin and their computers were stolen. I didn't take it.
I'm suspicious about all this stuff. LifeLock would be exception...maybe.
It's like when banks tell me their on-line banking is secure. I tell them...no it's not. All our electronic systems should have way more security than they do.
My guess is that people that were using Equifax are the ones most vulnerable. May be how Equifax discovered the problem. But I'm spitballin'. I doubt we'll ever get the real story. And I see lawsuits.
Posted by: Gorilla Gumdrop at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (4aVpH)
not sure about the Chinese.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (1wiZs)
Posted by: Banana Dude at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (VGRuw)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 07, 2017 05:25 PM (a7FXx)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 07, 2017 05:26 PM (4e+hS)
Is your nic a reference to Hillary! who will never be POTUS?
Posted by: m at September 07, 2017 05:26 PM (p6cpl)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 05:26 PM (QC/4S)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:26 PM (1wiZs)
.............
I believe they are HQ`ed in Atlanta.
Posted by: Tentotwo at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (yhf6w)
Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (pPKG5)
Seriously, I would not be surprised to learn North Korea is behind this.
Phat Phuck gets his hard currency by thievery, bank hacking and counterfeiting.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (1wiZs)
Posted by: US Dept of Contemporary and Genderfluid Defense at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (QtQaN)
Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (pPKG5)
So, more painful?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (mbhDw)
We could call it "the Mark of the Beast" or something.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (1ISKN)
I assume my information is going to be compromised, on a regular basis.
I have had 6 credit breaches in 14 years, resulting in the reissuance of cards and so forth. Not once did I do anything to put myself at risk... besides using my credit.
Posted by: kraken at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (zSVEm)
My husband and I froze our credit a while back, along with our eldest son, and it works as we have found out a few times while making major purchases.
Easy to be sarcastic, better to take what precautions you can.
Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (RHjCR)
This just made me look twice at on-line transactions. Amazon just charged me twice for a video rental.
Pricks. Never again.
First time rental and you charged me twice.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (zLDYs)
Sushi burritos. Mmmmm I'm going to have one tomorrow for dinner!
Posted by: LizLem at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (pPKG5)
PDT should announce the raising of the debt ceiling of China and they can fund our government.
Winning.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: moscow hot dog vendor at September 07, 2017 05:29 PM (mJ8mX)
.............
I believe they are HQ`ed in Atlanta.
Phew! That's more than ten miles! Dodged that bullet!
Posted by: Banana Dude at September 07, 2017 05:29 PM (VGRuw)
Anyway, I blame the Republican party. It just seems to f*ck everything up.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 07, 2017 05:29 PM (dZ756)
If it's the Russians you'll congratulate them and then bend over.
Posted by: Leninism at September 07, 2017 05:29 PM (qDhbG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (QQ+il)
This just made me look twice at on-line transactions. Amazon just charged me twice for a video rental.
Pricks. Never again.
First time rental and you charged me twice.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (EgwCt)
The discounts at Whole Foods don't discount themselves, yo.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (mbhDw)
Could easily do millions if not billions of damage 5hod way with a database 10% of this size.
Posted by: Tsrblke at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (dzmBR)
Would that be customers that knowingly signed up for Equifax services, or the rest of us whose data Equifax collected without our knowledge or permission?
Posted by: Boots at September 07, 2017 05:13 PM (EBwPV)
That's what has never sat right with me. Since when did we vote on having these credit bureaus keeping all our personal information, for the purpose of making it easier for lenders to decide if we're worthy of credit or not?
I remember the first time I heard about these credit bureaus. I was young, and just assumed it was some arm of the government. Nope. Just another pig trough member, siphoning its share off as it goes down the line.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Joe Biden (Ret.) at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Gandalf da Grey at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (NgKpN)
So those two abandoned kittens were like Fark This and jumped into a lake to try their luck with two new humans....on a little boat.
Posted by: Soothsayer On Ice! at September 07, 2017 05:31 PM (mBtaw)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 07, 2017 05:31 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:27 PM (1wiZs)
Isn't this really the story of Barak Obama?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:31 PM (mbhDw)
and Barky, of course, was on the criminals' side.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:31 PM (1wiZs)
Oh and talk about a HUGE payout for the attacker. Average price on the low end for a credit card number is $7 per bin. And for SSN, its about $1. They easily cleared over 100 million when they sell everything
Posted by: offroaaz at September 07, 2017 05:31 PM (c6c3+)
I'm sure that all of Equi Fax's employees are good hard working honest Americans!
No out sourced or H1B type folks...
****
That sort of giving into fear is not who we are. As far as I can tell, we are now a nation of Nigerian princes.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (DQdye)
What gets me about that swimming kitties vid is the real decision-making that went on.
Posted by: Soothsayer On Ice! at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (mBtaw)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 07, 2017 05:30 PM (QQ+il)
What... you think all those illegal aliens are stealing identity information themselves???
Posted by: Don Q. at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Hillary's colon at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: GalosGann at September 07, 2017 05:33 PM (md1b/)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2017 05:33 PM (493sH)
Next update will be 11:00 p.m., so who knows?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (PY9jH)
Jane did you bug out yet?
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:33 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Dang at September 07, 2017 05:12 PM (JT16X)
That's how many people get shot every day in America!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 05:33 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (Mouru)
That sort of giving into fear is not who we are. As far as I can tell, we are now a nation of Nigerian princes.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (DQdye)
"Dear one: Please send me your personal information and $5000US via Western Union to Equifox in Accra to cover all modalities, and remain blessed."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (mbhDw)
and Barky, of course, was on the criminals' side.
***
as Mark Steyn noted, the USA right wing decided (sorta like the church) that it'd be better to just let the leftwing of the leftwing take over american education. After all, you can't win an election if you're anti-teacher.
Just what were they doing to protect us aside from bombing Iraq? Domestic enemies and open borders and, hey instead of offending an FOB arab, let's tear down privacy.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (DQdye)
Posted by: steevy at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: kraken at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
it is an honour to have you posting here, Sylvester Turner.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (1wiZs)
Equifax said data on 143 million U.S. customers was obtained in a breach
The breach occurred on July 29
Personal information including birth dates, credit card numbers and more was obtained in the breach
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Someone thought putting all this information in one place was a good idea.
I mean aside from Vicente Fox.
Posted by: Methos at September 07, 2017 05:35 PM (XQvuQ)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:35 PM (mcI77)
But Confederate stained-glass windows claimed all their work would be transparent!
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2017 05:36 PM (mJ8mX)
To protect our identity we may have to take a page out of the mafia handbook. No bank accounts, no SSNs, and pay for everything in cash
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2017 05:36 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:34 PM (EyPfd)
Yes he posted in a Willow'd thread! It went well!
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=371465#c27586415
Posted by: LizLem at September 07, 2017 05:36 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Too soon? at September 07, 2017 05:37 PM (kSock)
That sort of giving into fear is not who we are. As far as I can tell, we are now a nation of Nigerian princes.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:32 PM (DQdye)
"Dear one: Please send me your personal information and $5000US via Western Union to Equifox in Accra to cover all modalities, and remain blessed."
***
a friend who works in online stuff that involves the potential for foreign customers, and therefore foreign scam artists rates them thusly:
1. Indians: dumb as rocks, think they're smart as fuck.
2. Philipinos: dumb as rocks, amiable.
3. various African princes: pleasant and willing to work hard to screw you over.
4. Israeli: kind of smart, think they're really smart, fucking assholes.
5. Russians: Will hijack your IP or computer but fuck up how to pay them off.
6. Chinese: Like Russians only you know enough to not deal with them.
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 05:37 PM (DQdye)
Posted by: mark1971 at September 07, 2017 05:37 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Alaska Paul at September 07, 2017 05:37 PM (Hc+rA)
"Where did you hear that word, Jimmy? Don't you know it is forbidden?"
"I saw in a locked forum on Darknet."
"You shouldn't visit places like that. You want to get the rest the family sent to Happy Camp?"
"But how can I know why it's forbidden if I don't even know what it means?"
"Well, OK, I'll try to explain. 'Privacy' means that other people DON'T know about all your personal details."
"I'm confused, Grandad -- how could they NOT know?"
"I realize how hard this may be for you to visualize, Jimmy, but when I was your age, it was possible to keep information about oneself secret."
"But Grandad, how can that be? Information is universal!"
"Now it is. But it wasn't always that way."
"I'm so glad I live nowadays, Grandad. Just learning about this "privacy" thing makes me scared. Scared of a world where individualism is unchecked, where every person is an island, and people don't sacrifice every for The Community."
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2017 05:38 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Nova Scotia at September 07, 2017 05:38 PM (df+Zi)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:38 PM (1wiZs)
Posted by: kraken at September 07, 2017 05:38 PM (zSVEm)
Posted by: kallisto at September 07, 2017 05:39 PM (53MZt)
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:33 PM (Enq6K)
Nope. Leaving Sunday a.m. before T. S. force winds arrive in the afternoon. Local universities shut down this afternoon, and students have to be off campus tomorrow morning, or evacuate by buses to other colleges.
Husband is closing his offices tomorrow so his employees can prep. He was down at the Port of Brunswick today, and said traffic coming back on I-95 was still heavy, but moving.
Our governor has called for a mandatory evacuation of all coastal counties beginning at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, and they'll make the lanes on I-16 contra going west. We left the day after the evacuation parking lot last year and pretty much breezed to ATL. Hoping to have the same luck this year, minus my husband's SUV getting cut off by a speeding FL evacuee and getting totaled.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:39 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 07, 2017 05:39 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2017 05:39 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:40 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Michael Chertoff counting his millions at September 07, 2017 05:40 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: kraken at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (zSVEm)
Fox Business is showing a clip of Suckerberg talking to "Dreamers" and how he is supporting them and then show a graphic of Farcebook's diversity. 3% black and 5% Hispanic and their statement on that from a Director of Diversity says it's difficult to comment on that. Fuck them all with a rusty chainsaw
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (rjrh3)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (UBzPO)
How many others were hacked like this over the holiday weekend? And does it have something to do with this?
Check your statements online, everyone.
And yeah, CLASS ACTION this company into ashes.
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (LDV7V)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (Mouru)
afternoon. Local universities shut down this afternoon, and students
have to be off campus tomorrow morning, or evacuate by buses to other
colleges.
Is that soon enough?
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (Enq6K)
Well written, and scarily prescient zombie!
Posted by: LizLem at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (hvf9s)
Apparently, unlike voting in a national election, flying on an airplane requires identification.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (EyPfd)
IT HAPPENED IN MID MAY.
THEY DID NOT DISCOVER IT UNTIL JULY 29TH.
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Believe it or not?
That is FAST in the DFIR industry.
MTTD - Mean Time To Detection averages 200 days
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (2wRtc)
I then put on a 90 day free fraud alert.
1 (855) 681-3196
BTW... lovely woman from India knew NOTHING about this. I had to tell her the whole story. She was freaked out.
They are getting a lot of calls about the hurricane in TX. People calling her and crying.
She is Christian, and said she will pray for America. I thanked her and said we appreciate it.
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: mark1971 at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2017 05:38 PM (1wiZs)
I have artificial knees so I have to go through the imaging, then they still feel me up. Last time I asked if he could buy me a drink first and after being violated said "hell, I think we have to get married now.".
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (3soRk)
America, God bless it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (Mouru)
Well this is one thing Luddite BF doesn't need to worry about, he pays cash for everything.
Posted by: kallisto at September 07, 2017 05:39 PM (53MZt)
Everything?!
Mind blown.
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (Ri/rl)
I asked if the sheriff's office is evacuating too...
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (493sH)
But probably 37% Indian and Pakistani!
And they dream too!
Posted by: Don Q. at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:42 PM (Enq6K)
Oh, hell yeah. The weather here today is really nice (sigh) and tomorrow and Saturday are supposed to be cool and beautiful. The windy stuff won't happen until late Sunday afternoon/evening. We're be at MiL Hell by then.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (PY9jH)
"You can sign up for credit monitoring at www.equifaxsecurity2017.com -- I assume this will be offered freely to those Equifax has helped harm."
Headline, from April 29, 2018:
Massive Data Breach at Equifax Security Credit Monitoring Service Exposes Private Information of 137 Million Americans.
Those affected can sign up for credit monitoring at www.equifaxsecurity2019.com
Headline, from November 13, 2021:
Massive Data Breach at Equifax Security Credit Monitoring Service Exposes Private Information of 184 Million Americans.
Those affected can sign up for credit monitoring at...
etc., ad infinitum.
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2017 05:44 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Country Boy - official AmbASSador to the CenTexMoMee - Molson labe! at September 07, 2017 05:44 PM (r42me)
Posted by: kallisto at September 07, 2017 05:44 PM (53MZt)
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at September 07, 2017 05:44 PM (nILVB)
And they dream too!
Well yeah, the Pakistanis dream of killing the Indians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 07, 2017 05:44 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:45 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2017 05:45 PM (pPKG5)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (3soRk)
They always seem to molest me whenever I fly. I hate it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 05:45 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:46 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 05:45 PM (Ri/rl)
Heh. How you doin'?
Posted by: Bob Filner, Graduate, Encounter Groups of Cleveland, Inc. at September 07, 2017 05:46 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (Ri/rl)
Thanks. Prayers are so appreciated. I must say, people are so kind to one another while you're out and about running pre-storm errands. Sam's Club was weird today -- a ghost town inside. Everyone got their panic shopping done yesterday.
The Kroger gas station near us was completely out of fuel yesterday, but had fuel today to I topped off my tank.
Everywhere you go, people say, "Stay safe!" and "God bless!" It's really nice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: hillary (R) at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (0mRoj)
having these credit bureaus keeping all our personal information, for
the purpose of making it easier for lenders to decide if we're worthy of
credit or not?
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We didn't.
The slavery industry has always been around.
Posted by: Methos at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (XQvuQ)
and the $264 a month i get from the VA doesn't last long enough for anyone to try and steal it from my account.
i guess being a failure at life has it's advantages, no?
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (2ZDHg)
the article says 200K plus 190K people's info was stolen ...
so, is it yuuuge, or small stuff?
Posted by: Saxon at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (kXzR8)
Oh, hell yeah. The weather here today is really
nice (sigh) and tomorrow and Saturday are supposed to be cool and
beautiful. The windy stuff won't happen until late Sunday
afternoon/evening. We're be at MiL Hell by then.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:43 PM (PY9jH)
I'm in MIL hell pretty much every day! She lives 3 mins away. Someone shoot me now.
Praying for all of you Jane!
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (Enq6K)
Whoa!!!!
I am just a bit sexually aroused right now.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (2wRtc)
They always seem to molest me whenever I fly. I hate it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 05:45 PM (Ri/rl)
Same here. Even with TSA pre check. It's reached the point my husband just stares in amazement.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (398bZ)
Meh, it's only our entire working class.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (fceHP)
Hmm.... 122 Million pay income Tax....
Posted by: Don Q. at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 05:49 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at September 07, 2017 05:49 PM (nILVB)
Posted by: mark1971 at September 07, 2017 05:49 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (2wRtc)
Yeah but then think of how much more money you'd be spending on porn
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (2wRtc)
Dox them all. A lot of leftists are probably victims. And leftists know how to take the law into their own hands.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (/qEW2)
Praying for all of you Jane!
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (Enq6K)
You poor thing. Mine just turned 93 and is going strong. Thankfully, old age has mellowed her and made her kinder.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (PY9jH)
Fixed it for you.
Posted by: Scott P at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (ihvlp)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (mcI77)
Same here. Even with TSA pre check. It's reached the point my husband just stares in amazement.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (PY9jH)
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Jane, I'm going to suggest that maybe your husband calls ahead with a request.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Infidel at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (mxS7w)
Posted by: kallisto at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (53MZt)
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at September 07, 2017 05:28 PM (RHjCR)
Great advice. I'm trying to do just that, but it appears their sites are swamped.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (SRKgf)
I must be a household name in Hackerland.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (2wRtc)
Yes exactly. LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: HIllary Clinton at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (eSx+E)
The Kroger gas station near us was completely out of fuel yesterday, but had fuel today to I topped off my tank.
Everywhere you go, people say, "Stay safe!" and "God bless!" It's really nice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (PY9jH)
be safe, Jane.
It's weird, my marine biologist brother said he was thinking something's just not right a month or so ago.
He installed:
professional storm shutters including a new storm garage door
AND a built-in generator, that he'll lock up from access if he evacuates
The only thing he won't be able to prevent is flooding, and tree falls. But the shutters won't allow any looters in the windows and patio door.
Amazing timing.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 07, 2017 05:51 PM (XFue2)
The Kroger gas station near us was completely out of fuel yesterday, but had fuel today to I topped off my tank.
Everywhere you go, people say, "Stay safe!" and "God bless!" It's really nice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:47 PM (PY9jH)
That's nice to hear, America is still alive and well in some areas.
I will be praying for everyone in the path.
I can't imagine how stressful evacuating is. I pray it weakens as soon as it hits land. And everyone is safe.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 05:51 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2017 05:51 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 07, 2017 05:52 PM (398bZ)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 05:52 PM (mcI77)
Just got through 'chatting' with 'Chin' at Amazon. Ten dollar credit toward future purchase.
I try to hate Amazon but they make it hard.
He didn't lol when I asked him if I should 'take the charge on the chin', so I am disappointed.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 07, 2017 05:53 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (fceHP)
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that's what he thinks.
Posted by: Looters 'r Us at September 07, 2017 05:53 PM (2ZDHg)
Posted by: navybrat at September 07, 2017 05:53 PM (w7KSn)
I have artificial knees so I have to go through the imaging, then
they still feel me up. Last time I asked if he could buy me a drink
first and after being violated said "hell, I think we have to get
married now.".
***
And are we still at a 0% success rate in security theater stopping any actual threats?
What the f*** is wrong with us that we put up with this crap?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 07, 2017 05:54 PM (eSx+E)
Something similar happened with my father before Rita. He cut down two very large oaks in their front yard about two weeks before Katrina. If he had left them, the way the wind blew for Rita would have blown them down right in the middle of the house. They lost about 40 trees with that storm. Snapped a giant pine right in the middle.
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2017 05:54 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: Nora at September 07, 2017 05:55 PM (nyQyG)
***
Best Buy took the "all are customers are crooks and trying to rip us off" model of customer service.
Amazon took the opposite model...and it makes one far more comfortable in buying from them...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 07, 2017 05:55 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 07, 2017 05:55 PM (XFue2)
139, wasn't it cute how the second one jumped in the water as soon as his bro got hauled into the boat?
Heh, that little bastard probably gave him the idea and waited to see if the other got one picked up!
Posted by: Soothsayer On Ice! at September 07, 2017 05:55 PM (mBtaw)
Posted by: steevy
I think the rescuer mentioned motoring over toward the island and calling / listening. He thought he had them both ...
Posted by: Adriane the Youtube Critic ... at September 07, 2017 05:56 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2017 05:54 PM (eIQHF)
have to go with your instincts some times
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:56 PM (fceHP)
maybe a new tough GOP potus will work on sending Seal Team 4 through their assholes
***
Execute a couple of hackers and the rest will notice...
Right now getting caught, which is rare, just seems to earn one probation and a bunch of high salary job offers.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 07, 2017 05:56 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 05:56 PM (2ZDHg)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Paul Ryan at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (mcI77)
"Executives at NBC Sports were noncommittal about whether the network
will cover the 70,000 towels portraying NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
as a red-nosed clown that will be distributed to fans attending Thursday
night's NFL opener."
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (QC/4S)
You poor thing. Mine just turned 93 and is going strong. Thankfully, old age has mellowed her and made her kinder.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (PY9jH)
Mine's 80 going on 110. Does absolutely nothing all damn day. I'm pretty sure she sleeps more than she's awake. Never know when to call because it could be 'nap' time.
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Don Q. at September 07, 2017 05:48 PM (NgKpN)
Who else would use it.
Somebody who needs to purchase a house, for example.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (fceHP)
Well, we got the golf playing ones. After the ones that use credit , not sure where we go next....
Posted by: USA Today at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: RI Red - making another list at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (qnixr)
Posted by: mark1971
______
Basically every $9 an hour bank teller has all of this at their fingertips.
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 05:58 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/7 at September 07, 2017 05:58 PM (Umfx1)
as a red-nosed clown
***
Tom Brady is a cheater...but he has done a lot less to destroy the integrity of the NFL then Goodell...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 07, 2017 05:58 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: superpatriot who is more patriotic than you at September 07, 2017 05:58 PM (kSock)
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (Enq6K)
heh
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:58 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at September 07, 2017 05:44 PM (nILVB)
I'm going to use the name "Juan Hernandez." They'll never choose THAT identity to purloin.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 05:58 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Hurricane Irma at September 07, 2017 05:59 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 07, 2017 05:59 PM (Njv7i)
Posted by: Weasel at September 07, 2017 06:00 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:56 PM (fceHP)
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my instinct is to go have a beer, but i have errands to run and a meeting to go to tonight... on "Green" shit no less.
i'm the only sane attendee.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 06:00 PM (2ZDHg)
Is that why I get all those calls from "Rachel at cardholder services" ?
___
Da Amerikinski. I help you much if card number you give with PIN. For justice.
Posted by: Rachel at cardholder services at September 07, 2017 06:01 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Rachel at September 07, 2017 06:01 PM (eIQHF)
professional storm shutters including a new storm garage door
AND a built-in generator, that he'll lock up from access if he evacuates
The only thing he won't be able to prevent is flooding, and tree
falls. But the shutters won't allow any looters in the windows and
patio door.
Amazing timing.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 05:50 PM (fceHP)
We don't have storm shutters, and our biggest fear is trees in the roof, and now storm surge which we didn't have last year. Our driveway and garage is 14 1/2' above sea level, and the house is raised about 4 1/2 feet from that. So the garage would get water if there's a surge.
We don't have to worry about looters. Last year the National Guard posted a humvee at the foot of the intracoastal bridge.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 06:01 PM (PY9jH)
yas, probably why I'm getting calls from a debt collection agency looking for some guy I've never heard of who lives out here summers.
That Identity theft scares the hell outa me. How do you prove who you are, and that you weren't the guy who said he was you?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 07, 2017 06:01 PM (m9X4Y)
Well if it's North Korea we'll offer them 10 shiploads of food plus $10 million a year if they'll just promise very nicely not to do it again. this year.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 07, 2017 06:02 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: 18-1 at September 07, 2017 06:02 PM (eSx+E)
as a red-nosed clown
Not nearly enough.
That's a national best-seller.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 07, 2017 06:02 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 06:00 PM (2ZDHg)
Bring something to bite down hard on...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:02 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Equifax hacker at September 07, 2017 06:02 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 07, 2017 06:03 PM (dnWSK)
It probably doesn't hurt that Amazon has a field in the database that is a Y/N answer to : This summabitch will write the most vile reviews of products imaginable.
They used to request I review purchases. Not any more.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 07, 2017 06:03 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Doodad Pro at September 07, 2017 06:03 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 06:01 PM (PY9jH)
Sounds like you are in good shape.
Bonus, you are one of the "smart" ones out there.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:03 PM (fceHP)
The good news is that the Chinese now have so much information on so many people that there's no way they can possibly make use of it.
Posted by: Anachronda, always looking on the bright side of life at September 07, 2017 06:03 PM (sGtp+)
damn day. I'm pretty sure she sleeps more than she's awake. Never know
when to call because it could be 'nap' time.
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (Enq6K)
Good grief. My mother at 82, with an enlarged heart and failing health, tried to stay as active as she could. She dearly loved for me to take her shopping and for lunch, and she was fun. I miss her.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 06:04 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 06:04 PM (QC/4S)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:04 PM (2wRtc)
***
Hmm...why does my actual SSN card say that it can't be used for identification again?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 07, 2017 06:04 PM (eSx+E)
Yeah us?
Posted by: Mama AJ at September 07, 2017 06:05 PM (wwL6Q)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 06:05 PM (mcI77)
yas, probably why I'm getting calls from a debt collection agency looking for some guy I've never heard of who lives out here summers.
That Identity theft scares the hell outa me. How do you prove who you are, and that you weren't the guy who said he was you?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 07, 2017 06:01 PM
The "Rachel form card holder services" calls has been going on for years, it's a robocall scam and always on my cell. But I have also gotten a bunch of calls from a few credit collection places looking for a guy with the same name I have who lives about 10 miles away. They also called my wife's cell looking for the other "me". It took forever to get them to quit calling as I had to keep explaining it wasn't me, it was some guy with the same name but like 25 years older than me. They finally stopped but it was a bit unnerving to say the least!
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 07, 2017 06:06 PM (Njv7i)
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I use cash 98% of the time.
However... I have credit cards for online purposes and travel, so I have credit cards. But I pretty much live cash only.
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 06:06 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Infidel at September 07, 2017 06:06 PM (mxS7w)
It seems to me that Universities' role in case of sexual assault consist entirely of referring to, and cooperating with, local law enforcement. Anything else is asking the University to do something for which it has no expertise.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 07, 2017 06:06 PM (LTHVh)
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well, it is kinda spooky that google has a special doodle just for me, just for today. You probably can't see it, but google knows who I am.
Not sure what to do about that.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 07, 2017 06:06 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 06:07 PM (QC/4S)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (eIQHF)
Fox Business is showing a clip of Suckerberg talking to "Dreamers" and how he is supporting them and then show a graphic of Farcebook's diversity. 3% black and 5% Hispanic......
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2017 05:41 PM (493sH)
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5% Hispanic. LOL. Cholos from Oaxaca I'm sure!
I'll bet that over 90% of Zuck's "Hispanics" are Euro-whites, indistinguishable from Italians.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (0jtPF)
I saw that. Someone poked DeVos with a stick. I wish the same person would do the same to Sessions.
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (mcI77)
Me? I have nothing to worry about, the Social Security Administration already sold my social security number to some illegal named Jose Stravinski, so I'm safe.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (ILitO)
Stay safe Jane! Prayers to all those in the path of this behemoth!
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (Njv7i)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:02 PM (fceHP)
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better yet, i propose ideas perfectly in keeping with their "ideals" that directly impact their lifestyles... and then giggle to myself as they try to squirm out of supporting them.
like banning all non-electric outdoor heating at restaurants. zero emissions, dontcha know, and micro-soot particles. it's amusing.
yes, i'm a cruel bastard.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (2ZDHg)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 06:09 PM (PY9jH)
damn day. I'm pretty sure she sleeps more than she's awake. Never know
when to call because it could be 'nap' time.
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (Enq6K)
My MIL isn't too bad. She's pretty kind and a good cook, just very bossy when we first got married. Thought she could still tell my hubby what he should or shouldn't do - in a weird way, hard to explain. Control him is the right term actually. I was taken aback and had to push back until she stopped. He had to push back a bit too. But it smoothed itself out.
My FIL. Nightmare Alt-left, frothing at the mouth, bitter, angry old lunatic know-it-all. And, anti-American.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:09 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:09 PM (2wRtc)
I just bought a car a few weeks ago, paid cash. I wasn't allowed to take the car home, they wanted me to take a loan, get verified though one of their credit agencies, and then if the check had any issues, they could then just process my loan.
I refused that for a variety of reasons and asked if they could just verify funds at the bank, they said no.
After all sorts of hoops, finally was able to process the transaction the next day. But it was a nightmare all because I refused to go through a credit agency.
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (oVJmc)
They said the breach happened in mid May, and was discovered two and a
half months later.
Way to leave the barn door open.
Posted by: shibumi
I'm shooting from the hip on the numbers here (but they should be pretty close) but the average data breach goes undiscovered for about 8 months. And 60% of those are notified of the breach by a 3rd party (banks, law enforcement, etc).
Posted by: Oedipus at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (CXLVd)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (QC/4S)
Stay safe Jane! Prayers to all those in the path of this behemoth!
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (Njv7i)
I think they are expecting bad things...They are kicking the tires on the USNS Comfort now.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (DQdye)
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I use cash 98% of the time.
However... I have credit cards for online purposes and travel, so I have credit cards. But I pretty much live cash only.
Posted by: shibumi
You and I are pretty much the same on this.
I wish I could be cash-only 100% of the time, but in the modern world it is pretty much impossible to travel without a credit card. Most airlines REQUIRE a credit card to buy tickets, for security reasons. And things like AirBnB and Uber do as well. And many hotels insists on a credit card number as a "security deposit." I suppose it might be possible to exclusively stay in dive hotels that accept cash, but wouldn't be too pleasant.
So I can in and do some things with a credit card.
That's how they get ya -- little by little.
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2017 06:11 PM (DQ4Fv)
I think she still wants to do too much. The University has no role in cases of sexual assault other than cooperation with police and giving what comfort and academic relief they can to the victim.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 07, 2017 06:11 PM (LTHVh)
Can they sign us all up for free healthcare? Because I heard that that pencil-necked whistling fuckstick, Barack Obama, didn't know the first thing about creating an enrollment website.
Posted by: Fritz at September 07, 2017 06:11 PM (D0riW)
yes, i'm a cruel bastard.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 06:08 PM (2ZDHg)
gorgeous
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:11 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2017 06:11 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (DQdye)
Wow, great, so for once I am ahead of the game!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 06:12 PM (SjImc)
Please let it be so.
Combined with many sue-and-settle cases designed to bring higher ed to its knees.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 07, 2017 06:12 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (QC/4S)
===
It's old.
Doctor Implanted 6 MicroChips Under His Skin to Unlock Doors and Secure Data
http://tinyurl.com/yb49hyzj
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (2wRtc)
same people who really hurt those diplomats in Cuba form the US and Canada. They were really damaged. That was an act of war.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (fceHP)
It's taken me several years to wear her down, but my MIL has finally
realized that I think she is a crazy old bat and now gives me a wide
berth.
Posted by: Weasel at September 07, 2017 06:00 PM (Sfs6o)
Mine is crazy....we got the doc's report to prove it.
Posted by: Tami at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (DQdye)
Wow, great, so for once I am ahead of the game!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 06:12 PM (SjImc)
Is that the combination on your luggage too?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (DQdye)
----------------------------
Hey! That's my password!
Posted by: John Podesta at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (0jtPF)
Mine is a firm believer in man-caused climate change and abortion. I don't know how he voted, but the last time we discussed politics, he said he liked Kasich.
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2017 06:13 PM (eIQHF)
Like when my credit card company just sent us new cards with a new number "just cuz".
Sure.
Posted by: Mama AJ at September 07, 2017 06:14 PM (wwL6Q)
Sure, but I doubt they'll have the decency to
Posted by: Anachronda at September 07, 2017 06:14 PM (sGtp+)
They wouldn't take a cashiers check?
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2017 06:15 PM (eIQHF)
I'm shooting from the hip on the numbers here (but they should be
pretty close) but the average data breach goes undiscovered for about 8
months. And 60% of those are notified of the breach by a 3rd party
(banks, law enforcement, etc).
--
That was said earlier in the thread as well.
But let's translate this into another situation, shall we?
"As your alarm company, our job is to keep your home safe."
You get robbed, and call the alarm company.
Two and a half months later... the alarm company responds. "You were robbed."
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 06:16 PM (aT+Bx)
Canada. They were really damaged. That was an act of war.
---
Did we ever find out who did that?
Soviets?
Norks?
Iran?
I don't believe that Cuba has their own sonic weapons.
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 06:18 PM (aT+Bx)
They wouldn't take a cashiers check?
Posted by: no good deed
_______
Yes, that is what I eventually had to do. The only way I could get the transaction done.
I'm not so much upset at that, but the idea I had to get a loan in order to do a "cash" deal was infuriating.
It was a local, Wells Fargo bank they could have simply called a put a hold on the check. I used to work at a bank and verifying funds was done all the time.
But now you can't even do cash deals without them forcing you through a credit agency.
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:18 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:19 PM (2wRtc)
He's not sticking his neck out. Must be a damn close call.
I still think it has so much power that it crosses Florida into the Gulf, but he's hesitant.
So getting out of Dodge seems the only answer.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 07, 2017 06:19 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Daniel at September 07, 2017 06:19 PM (Z3ReH)
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:10 PM (lKmt3)
That's weird. We have relationships with the dealers. They've never made us do that.
They just want the check when we take the truck.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 06:19 PM (Ri/rl)
-
Oh come on. You think they don't want to blow money for no reason?
BTW, we're going to need to raise interest rates across the board to pay for our newly discovered awesomely proactive customer service.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 07, 2017 06:20 PM (rjrh3)
Credit ratings should be pretty easy ... now everyone has bad credit.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:20 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at September 07, 2017 06:21 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:21 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: CaliGirl
______
It was like nobody had ever purchased a car before. I guess nobody pays "cash" anymore, everything is through a loan or lease. They didn't know what to do.
The car I bought was a used Lexus, but at a new swanky Volvo dealership.
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:21 PM (lKmt3)
Do Not Take a Credit Card from this Man
Do not Take a Check from this Man
Do not Take Cash from this Man without Two Forms of ID
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at September 07, 2017 06:21 PM (ILitO)
These incompetent cocks*ckers tell my daughter's orthodontist how much they need to get from me for a down payment on her braces, because ya know, they keep track of who is responsible 'n stuff and who can be trusted!
Posted by: Malcolm Tent at September 07, 2017 06:22 PM (golBf)
Posted by: shibumi at September 07, 2017 06:18 PM (aT+Bx)
I think it was hushed for a reason. I only saw one follow up piece where it was stated that it was worst then first reported. Permanent bad damage.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 07, 2017 06:22 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 06:22 PM (mcI77)
If Equifax is mainly a back end that other institutions use (rather than something most people would use directly) it seems that they could have stored peoples' information using a one way hash (SHA-256). If the client bank needs to send information to Equifax, they would encrypt the data, and if it matches what is on file, that file would be updated. However, if someone hacks the data (SSN's, Card#s, driver's license, etc.) they would be (practically) unable to unencrypt it. What kind of encryption was Equifax using?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 07, 2017 06:22 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (Bllk5)
So this is the thanks we get for teaching the whole world our tech, for forty years, and letting them steal our intellectual property. Or maybe some of the H-1B guys offered some insight to their friends back home on how to break in to the database.
wonderful
Posted by: illiniwek at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (veVl1)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (/tuJf)
will cover the 70,000 towels portraying NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
as a red-nosed clown that will be distributed to fans attending Thursday
night's NFL opener."
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (QC/4S)
------------
I think it's barstoolsports that's been distributing them, right? My daughter wants one.
Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (UoSKV)
Somebody get Sheppy and Team Cannibalism prepped for action.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: NCKate at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (9S69S)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 07, 2017 06:22 PM (/qEW2)
either
a) obviously not good enough encryption
or, more likely
b) some employee fucked up big time and either fell for a phishing email or the like, or sold the data to a third party.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (wmaTe)
LOL. This is like the most retarded way a company can get hacked. You have to be a total dunce to allow this sort of shit through website forms. Even the worst web programmer in the world knows to not allow any raw data through a web form to guard from injection attacks and the like. This is true idiot-level work. And this company was supposed to be making judgments about people's credit ratings? ROFLMAO.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (rZ+mb)
will cover the 70,000 towels portraying NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
as a red-nosed clown that will be distributed to fans attending Thursday
night's NFL opener."
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 05:57 PM (QC/4S)
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I think it's barstoolsports that's been distributing them, right? My daughter wants one.
Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (UoSKV)
Yes, my fiance is trying to get one as well
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (wmaTe)
---
that wasn't a hack: Obola's minions *hired* a Chinese firm to run the system and gave them root access.
it's not a hack when you're given access to the system under contract.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 07, 2017 05:22 PM (2ZDHg)
Heads should have rolled over that idiocy. The only satisfying that happened in that affair was that the scrunt running the Office of Personnel Management was made to resign and she got her panties in a twist whining that she had checked all the "diversity boxes" and it wasn't fair that she being held responsible for the incompetence of underlings.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at September 07, 2017 06:25 PM (5Yee7)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at September 07, 2017 06:25 PM (ILitO)
Nobody wears breeches anymore.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2017 06:25 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 07, 2017 06:25 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:20 PM (rZ+mb)
Now we ALL have the credit ratings of Illinois, California, or Puerto Rico.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 06:26 PM (SRKgf)
If Bob at NSA suddenly buys a new car, house and boat, we'll have a clue.
No wonder he hasn't been around recently.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2017 06:26 PM (vZvre)
Somebody get Sheppy and Team Cannibalism prepped for action.
A perfect opportunity for Gerry Rivera to get back to his roots.
Posted by: Under Fire at September 07, 2017 06:26 PM (mcI77)
What kind of flyover rube would fall for something as simple as that?
Posted by: John Podesta at September 07, 2017 06:26 PM (JieFv)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 07, 2017 06:26 PM (fA1SL)
Which means everything you've ever done is right there in the blockchain.
Posted by: Anachronda at September 07, 2017 06:26 PM (v3pYe)
their architecture is probably shit - hundreds of millions records in one swoop (most likely); the target breach was a vendor system that had access to key systems (again, shit architecture)
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (QC/4S)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at September 07, 2017 06:25 PM (5Yee7)
So they 86'ed the "not so wise Latina?"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (wmaTe)
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Good luck to her. My daughter is moving up there next month, so no chance for her. She's mad, lol.
Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (UoSKV)
The yacht would be a tender for his boat.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (O34tS)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at September 07, 2017 06:25 PM (ILitO)
Well, buying with cash cash is an issue. But check shouldn't be.
No one wants to deal with cash (dollar bill) transactions over $10k, its a huge pain in the balls -- IRS and FBI reporting and nonsense like that.
But a check for over $10k shouldnt be an issue to anyone
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (wmaTe)
EG:
"...Your enrollment date for TrustedID Premier is:
09/14/2017
Please be sure to mark your calendar as you will not receive additional reminders. On or after your enrollment date, please return to faq.trustedidpremier.com and click the link to continue through the enrollment process..."
Posted by: hacked again at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (ZKlDy)
Posted by: Gorilla Gumdrop at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (Ejylv)
The car I bought was a used Lexus, but at a new swanky Volvo dealership.
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:21 PM (lKmt3)
That's so weird. I've never heard that before.
We deal with the fleet manager or the general manager.
One dealer has let us take a truck off the lot and bring a check the next day.
My husband would have been pissed and walked out and gone to another dealer. I'm still shocked.
We deal with Chevy, Dodge, and Toyota and I've never heard this before.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (Ri/rl)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear<<<
Some people say Pakistani encryption may have played a role. But others at the FBI don't know nothing and don't believe there was any intent.
Posted by: Fritz at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (D0riW)
Pity the IT guys (being one myself and have worked on PCI compliance) - they are about to have Visa crawl up their ass in ways that would defy the imagination.
And if the auditors find that the vulnerability that was exploited here was one that was patched and should have been mitigated -Equifax is on the hook for all costs.
And we all know the definition of an auditor:
Someone who walks across the battlefield after the fight is over and bayonets the wounded.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken
________
It wasn't cash as in 100 bills, it was cash is in no loan required.
I can understand rules for money laundering.
What I can't understand is the idea that they needed me to qualify for a loan through a credit agency before they would take my money.
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (lKmt3)
If Bob at NSA suddenly buys a new car, house and boat, we'll have a clue.
No wonder he hasn't been around recently.
That lazy fucker came back from vacay and then went on long term disability.
Posted by: Mike from NSA at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (UoSKV)
Yes, my fiance is trying to get one as well
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (wmaTe)
not sure who is distributing..but I want one too, for sure !
Posted by: runner at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (QC/4S)
Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (UoSKV)
A friend of ours is distributing 1000 or so of them tonight, he supposedly is going grab one for her
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (wmaTe)
The yacht would be a tender for his boat.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at September 07, 2017 06:27 PM (O34tS)
Pretty much. And you'll never have even heard of it until you get a letter in the mail with a code to get your credit monitoring through the Equifax website.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2017 06:28 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear
===
Short and most likely answer?
It doesn't matter. Decryption is hard and requires time and big computing power.
And while they may have encrypted the network traffic that the data traveled in , the database was most likely unencrypted. And there was likely a set of unencrypted passwords somewhere on a drive.
And then there's social engineering.
The weakest link is humans.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:29 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 07, 2017 06:29 PM (SRKgf)
obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/327/
Posted by: Anachronda at September 07, 2017 06:29 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Gorilla Gumdrop at September 07, 2017 06:30 PM (Ejylv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 07, 2017 06:23 PM (Bllk5)
I got hit by that also. LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 07, 2017 06:30 PM (SjImc)
We deal with Chevy, Dodge, and Toyota and I've never heard this before.
Posted by: CaliGirl
_________
If I hadn't got such a smoking deal on it, I would have walked.
I was amazed they let me walk out the door and said come back with a Cashier's Check tomorrow.
What car dealer lets a customer not write them a check and walk out?
Posted by: Maritime at September 07, 2017 06:30 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:30 PM (2wRtc)
That shithead Goodell eliminated the penalties for Touchdown celebrations. So, yeah, that idiotic unprofessional juvenile behavior is now encouraged...for ratings.
Also: fewer commercial breaks...but not really, you'll be able to still see un-played football action in a little box while you're bombarded with tv ads. Stupid.
Also: NFL shook things up with the telecast teams to attract younger viewers. Yeah, that ought to be great -- attracting millenials and Gen Y'ers.
Way to alienate your base, shithead NFL!
You must be taking pointers from the GOP.
Posted by: Soothsayer On Ice! at September 07, 2017 06:31 PM (mBtaw)
a) obviously not good enough encryption
or, more likely
b) some employee fucked up big time and either fell for a phishing email or the like, or sold the data to a third party.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 07, 2017 06:24 PM (wmaTe)
This had nothing to do with encryption or emails. According to the article they got access through a web form which means that they likely just typed in some SQL code (with the appropriate quotes and such) and when that data was being parsed it unlocked a whole bunch of shit.
This is a standard hack that everyone in the world knows about - it's called a SQL-injection hack, and every website in the world knows that they have to check or clean the website form data before they push it to their database. This is so fundamental that it really defies belief that they built a website without taking this into account - especially for a company that has its fingers all over people's most private data, whether those people like it or not.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:31 PM (rZ+mb)
This is a standard hack that everyone in the world knows about - it's called a SQL-injection hack
===
Ho . Lee. Shit.
I had not heard this yet.
Bloody hell.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:32 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: goon at September 07, 2017 06:32 PM (EaQ6/)
What up, SA?
Posted by: Fritz at September 07, 2017 06:34 PM (D0riW)
===
Attribution?
SURE!
RussiaRussiaRussia!
See? Easy!
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:34 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 07, 2017 06:29 PM (v3pYe)
HA, HA!!!
... I'm still laughing ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:35 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:35 PM (2wRtc)
That's just my guess from the description in the article.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:36 PM (rZ+mb)
If a foreign power is discovered to be behind this... I don't even know what would come next.
Posted by Ace at 05:06 PM Comments
Nothing.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 07, 2017 06:36 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:36 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at September 07, 2017 06:38 PM (2wRtc)
can get hacked. You have to be a total dunce to allow this sort of shit
through website forms. Even the worst web programmer in the world
knows to not allow any raw data through a web form to guard from
injection attacks and the like. This is true idiot-level work. And
this company was supposed to be making judgments about people's credit
ratings? ROFLMAO.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
That's not really how it works (the breach, that is). The web app was most likely simply the initial foothold, allowed the attackers to perform Remote Command Execution, which then allows the attacker to upload an exploit payload of their own which they can then execute, which allows the attacker to escalate privileges, which then allows unfettered access or at least the ability to exfil the data. That's a simplistic summary, but I can guarantee the web app itself was not the only weak link, there were a series of vulnerabilities exploited in a chain.
I look forward to seeing specifically how it happened. I would imagine SANS Institute (sans.org for anybody interested in this stuff) will have a webcast about it within the week. (Also good for CPEs for anybody who needs ongoing annual security education credits, as well, lol).
Posted by: Oedipus at September 07, 2017 06:38 PM (CXLVd)
There are all kinds of people who get into that database... not just those who report to it...
All the companies who can check your credit can also get in... to read the data.
So, they probably spoofed them into thinking they were a client... got read access to the database ...
And badabing badabang! Data breach...
Posted by: Don Q. at September 07, 2017 06:39 PM (NgKpN)
Yeah ... could be. When I read "application" I was thinking "application form". It very well could have been other sorts of vulnerabilities. One way or another they weren't cleaning data that they were letting users upload.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 07, 2017 06:57 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at September 07, 2017 07:00 PM (Lj+rM)
Posted by: Sweet Andy Licious at September 07, 2017 07:02 PM (Mo5Uy)
Posted by: gobagoo at September 07, 2017 07:04 PM (A/saJ)
Posted by: gobagoo at September 07, 2017 07:05 PM (A/saJ)
Posted by: flyover at September 07, 2017 07:11 PM (aUHJk)
"For the last month, Equifax Complete(TM) Premier Plan has been helping protect you from identity theft by monitoring for signs of identity theft. We are pleased to inform you there were no critical events reported in the last month. In this case, no news is good news! If any key changes are reported, we will notify you via e-mail.
You may change your notification preferences at any time by visiting Member Services > Alert Preferences in your Equifax Member Center."
motherfuckers
Posted by: A Lurker at September 07, 2017 07:12 PM (heQiB)
Posted by: micky at September 07, 2017 07:12 PM (dF9Lb)
Posted by: micky at September 07, 2017 07:13 PM (dF9Lb)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at September 07, 2017 07:13 PM (Lj+rM)
Posted by: hoodaticus at September 07, 2017 07:20 PM (vitRc)
When I worked for a major telecom firm, we discovered the offshored call center in Hyderbad was a major source of credit card and identity theft happening to our customer base. The customer service reps were selling personal data right out of the center.
Posted by: A Lurker at September 07, 2017 07:28 PM (heQiB)
What a complete shit show. I hope they get bankrupted from all the lawsuits.
Posted by: james the deplorable disciple of kek at September 07, 2017 07:55 PM (jxw6R)
From Bloomberg.com
Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed
By Anders Melin - September 7, 2017, 5:59 PM EDT
Three Equifax Inc. senior executives sold shares worth almost $1.8 million in the days after the company discovered a security breach that may have compromised information on about 143 million U.S. consumers.
The credit-reporting service said late Thursday in a statement that it discovered the intrusion on July 29. Regulatory filings show that three days later, Chief Financial Officer John Gamble sold shares worth $946,374 and Joseph Loughran, president of U.S. information solutions, exercised options to dispose of stock worth $584,099. Rodolfo Ploder, president of workforce solutions, sold $250,458 of stock on Aug. 2. None of the filings lists the transactions as being part of 10b5-1 pre-scheduled trading plans.....
Equifax Inc shares were down 8.7 percent at $134.16 in after-market trading today after the hack was revealed.
Posted by: 10x25mm at September 07, 2017 08:28 PM (fV0o/)
The IRS mailed me that they were fining me SIX times the amount of ACA tax I paid because I filed "totally wrong." (Who writes these letters, high school girls??)
No clarification of what the problem was.
I paid the right amount, on time, to the correct address; I guessed I should have paid electronically, so I called them to check. (Because it would be just like them to ding me for paying the fine wrong and ding me again.)
Guess what, I got to a reasonable person who looked up my records and said, "We made a mistake."
Posted by: vivi at September 07, 2017 08:29 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Test123 at September 07, 2017 09:34 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: QuantumofBollocks at September 07, 2017 09:50 PM (nZk9+)
I think they should charge the 3 executives with 143 million fraud charges. I'd be happy if they got merely a year in each charge - as long as they are served consecutively.
Posted by: GWB at September 08, 2017 10:11 AM (k/WLo)
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Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)