Four Indicted for Equifax Data Breach
For more than two years, CWAG has been working with victims of the Equifax data breach to protect them from further effects of this crime. Now the US has charged four members of China's military with the crime. This makes it look like part of the Chinese government's effort to acquire business and technology secrets in the U.S. and around the world.
For crime victims in Wisconsin, this highlights the need to further protect your identity, especially when you work with or interact with organizations involved in technology or other businesses. This may include changing and strengthening your passwords on email and other business-related accounts and adding two-factor authentication.
If you have security questions on your accounts, the data stolen in the Equifax breach may make it easier to hack your account. Secure answers to security questions would not involve past addresses or names of family members, because those items are exactly what was stolen from your credit file.
You may also be at risk for telephone or email spoofing or phishing. Please continue to watch the CWAG website for more ways to protect yourself from the Equifax data breach.
Equifax Data Breach Settlement
Victims of the Equifax data breach have several options under the settlement announced July 22, 2019. Ever since this financial crime was revealed, CWAG’s Elder Financial Empowerment Project has held clinics around Wisconsin to assist victims of the most serious data breach in US history. Because Equifax is a credit reporting agency which has extensive personal and confidential information and because the majority of all US adults are confirmed to be victims, our victim assistance efforts have been substantial.
Our seven-step recovery plan for each victim has included a) determining if you are a victim; b) freezing your credit report with all three agencies and c) watching for the chance to join a class action lawsuit. This chance has now arrived. Victims can choose free credit monitoring (not as good as a free credit freeze but worthwhile) or a cash settlement of up to $125 (probably much less) or reimbursement for actual expenses (requires detailed documentation).
If you have questions about your options, please call the Elder Financial Empowerment Project at 1 (800) 488-2596.
Link to File Claim online
Printable Settlement Claim Form
For more than two years, CWAG has been working with victims of the Equifax data breach to protect them from further effects of this crime. Now the US has charged four members of China's military with the crime. This makes it look like part of the Chinese government's effort to acquire business and technology secrets in the U.S. and around the world.
For crime victims in Wisconsin, this highlights the need to further protect your identity, especially when you work with or interact with organizations involved in technology or other businesses. This may include changing and strengthening your passwords on email and other business-related accounts and adding two-factor authentication.
If you have security questions on your accounts, the data stolen in the Equifax breach may make it easier to hack your account. Secure answers to security questions would not involve past addresses or names of family members, because those items are exactly what was stolen from your credit file.
You may also be at risk for telephone or email spoofing or phishing. Please continue to watch the CWAG website for more ways to protect yourself from the Equifax data breach.
Equifax Data Breach Settlement
Victims of the Equifax data breach have several options under the settlement announced July 22, 2019. Ever since this financial crime was revealed, CWAG’s Elder Financial Empowerment Project has held clinics around Wisconsin to assist victims of the most serious data breach in US history. Because Equifax is a credit reporting agency which has extensive personal and confidential information and because the majority of all US adults are confirmed to be victims, our victim assistance efforts have been substantial.
Our seven-step recovery plan for each victim has included a) determining if you are a victim; b) freezing your credit report with all three agencies and c) watching for the chance to join a class action lawsuit. This chance has now arrived. Victims can choose free credit monitoring (not as good as a free credit freeze but worthwhile) or a cash settlement of up to $125 (probably much less) or reimbursement for actual expenses (requires detailed documentation).
If you have questions about your options, please call the Elder Financial Empowerment Project at 1 (800) 488-2596.
Link to File Claim online
Printable Settlement Claim Form