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Checked Your Credit Since the Equifax Hack? Krebs on Security

A recent consumer survey suggests that half of all Americans still havent checked their credit report since the Equifax breach last year. Credit reports from the three major bureaus Equifax, Experian and TransUnion can be obtained online for free at annualcreditreport.com. KrebsOnSecurity has not been particularly kind to the credit monitoring industry; many stories highlighted the reality that they are ineffective at preventing identity theft or existing account fraud. The most you can hope for from them is that they alert you when an ID thief tries to get new lines of credit in your name.”]

Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/checked-your-credit-since-the-equifax-hack/

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