Equifax under pressure after data breach update
Others on HN have recommended this before and I finally went ahead and froze my credit reports with the credit agencies. I haven't missed it in the last six-months. If I ever need a car load or credit card, I can temporarily unfreeze with specific agencies to grant access to the creditor. Here's the numbers:<p>Equifax — 1-800-349-9960<p>Experian — 1-888-397-3742<p>TransUnion — 1-888-909-8872<p>Innovis — 1-800-540-2505<p>A lawyer friend of mine who specializes in identity theft told me this was too extreme a way to go and that I should sign up for Credit Karma. But isn't that just opening up yet another access point to thieves? Plus, I feel that freezing my credit denies these reporting agencies the value of data.