Heads up - Equifax breach compensation

[QuickNDirty]

Check Your Eligibility

eligibility.equifaxbreachsettlement.com

FYI, valid actions are:
Sat on hold for an hour with a bank
Spent 3 hours researching / doing a credit freeze / unfreeze.

 

[jcm331]

Just submitted my claim...

 

[hollowoutadime]

Just submitted my claim...

just submitted twenty identity theft claims

 

[blackops_1]

Thanks for the reminder quickndirty, I need to do this.

 

[Strykervet]

Uh, how the fuck am I "not impacted" yet I had to go around and unfuck freezes at all three? I remember doing this.

FWIW, I sign up for all the class actions... Generally make a few hundred a year in gift certificates and small checks, which I guess is the least they can do for being so careless with that kind of information.

But they ain't gonna fix it, ever, unless "we the people" bankrupt one as an example and make the capitol shareholders foot the entire bill. But I guess you need a government that works for you and not against you to get anything at all done.

 

[Sixfivesavage]

Quick question...wasn't there something a while back about this and having to enter your last name and part of your ss# being a fraud or some kind of scam?

 

[QuickNDirty]

Quick question...wasn't there something a while back about this and having to enter your last name and part of your ss# being a fraud or some kind of scam?

I don't remember seeing that, but back when this shit was going down and they brought out the "am I compromised" button, they offered some monitoring service bullshit that, as part of the EULA or ToS, or whatever it was, waived your right to participate in a class action at a later date.

 

[QuickNDirty]

Uh, how the fuck am I "not impacted" yet I had to go around and unfuck freezes at all three? I remember doing this.

FWIW, I sign up for all the class actions... Generally make a few hundred a year in gift certificates and small checks, which I guess is the least they can do for being so careless with that kind of information.

But they ain't gonna fix it, ever, unless "we the people" bankrupt one as an example and make the capitol shareholders foot the entire bill. But I guess you need a government that works for you and not against you to get anything at all done.

I did the same thing, and thought the same thing. I filled out one of their secure forms with the steps I went through and time I wasted trying to protect myself from the fallout of their fuckup and insisted that the compensation should apply to EVERYONE they fucked over, not just the ones that were verified compromised.

Probably won't hear shit back, but just FYI, that's also an option.

 

[blackops_1]

Quick question...wasn't there something a while back about this and having to enter your last name and part of your ss# being a fraud or some kind of scam?

I didn't see that either but would not be surprised AT ALL if that was done. Most scams and schemes pry upon the uninformed.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Well guess what.
The FTC just let everybody basically know that well about that money..... we were really hoping you were going to be suckers and sign up for the "much better deal" of free credit monitoring by the same company that lost all your data...... but apparently we overestimated the gullibility of people these days so ummm... sorry there is no money, maybe 21 cents each.... but don't worry Equifax will use all that data you inputted for the claim, to sell off to 3rd parties to help themselves pay for corporate bonuses...

If you could forget the $125 from Equifax and just take the free credit monitoring, that would be great – FTC

Not enough settlement cash to go around, sighs watchdog

www.theregister.co.uk