Here we go again (last time), Equifax has been hacked again. This time, they took a more precautionary move by taking their website offline.
Equifax is a company that keeps a record of your credit report and credit score. I am frequently asked questions like, doesn’t it hurt your credit score to have so many credit cards?
Equifax announced that approximately 143 million U.S. consumers, as well as some Canadians had their personal information hacked. The announcement only hit the news today, but the cyberattack occurred between mid-May 2017 and July 2017.
That is an outrageous number of people, that is almost half of the United States population, granted some of them include businesses. This still sounds very scary. I usually suggest checking your credit information once per year, especially if you get declined a few credit cards in a row. Furthermore, identify theft is also a growing concern.