Equifax Fallout: FTC Launches Probe; Angry Consumers inadvertently dDOS Websites and Phones
HAHAHAHAHAHA! The US Shitstem of Revolving Credit Economic Slavery undone by it's own true believers. I'll bet the better their credit score the angrier they are. Rr
The move by the top consumer watchdog only underscores the severity of the data heist and the importance for consumers to take immediate steps to secure their identities. Experts say the strongest, though not most painless, way to protect yourself after the breach that is to freeze your credit — but the surge in demand has overloaded the credit bureaus' abilities to handle the influx of requests.
As of Thursday morning, all three major credit reporting agencies intermittently gave error messages and prevented consumers from filing online requests to have their credit reports frozen.
Equifax's website said "System Currently Unavailable - Error 500" and suggested consumers try contacting the other credit bureaus.
At one point, TransUnion's website couldn't be accessed at all. Then it put up an error page featuring a stock photo of a model sitting at a computer, alongside the caption, "The website is temporarily unavailable.Please check back later."
Experian's website simply said, "Loading..."
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/equifax-melts-down-under-surge-ang...
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 07:57:37AM -0700, Razer wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
The US Shitstem of Revolving Credit Economic Slavery undone by it's own true believers.
I'll bet the better their credit score the angrier they are.
... https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/equifax-melts-down-under-surge-ang...
What is expected to happen if enough muricans manage to freeze their credit? Some comments: From the end of TFA: | "You're not the customer, you're the commodity," said Chi Chi Wu From linked FA: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/massive-equifax-data-breach-could-impa... | Adding to the scandal, three of the company's top executives sold | Equifax shares just days after the breach was discovered. The breach was | not publicly disclosed until Thursday, more than six weeks later.
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