Ok (actually, not ok). Obviously there is a need to determine who is credit worthy. I don't dispute the ends, just the means. Consumers should have rights over anything related to them. My pii, credit history, etc, is mine, not yours (meaning Equifax, et al). And probably no one really cared too much about it (myself included) until something like this happens. Credit reporting has always been a fact of life here for many years.
This story isn't getting nearly the attention it deserves. Imagine somebody just suddenly decides to dump all the info on the web. How will any bank have the balls to issue credit if they can't verify anybody's identity? Whole economy comes grinding to a halt. More likely, all 143 million (minus the handful of us who freeze our accounts) identities get predictably stolen, one after the other. Economy still comes grinding to a halt. Just a little bit slower.
Equifax drops ‘no-sue’ requirement for helping victims of hack http://nypost.com/2017/09/08/equifax-drops-no-sue-requirement-for-helping-victims-of-hack/
anyway to put a freeze w/o giving these people more of my info or my money? I can't even do it online because they don't believe I am me.