Starting today, victims of the massive Equifax data breach — and chances are if you’re reading this, you’re one of them since 147 million people were affected — can finally get the ball rolling on filing a claim and collecting their share of the $700 million settlement with the credit reporting agency.
As a reminder, hackers extracted tons of data from Equifax servers in a data breach a couple of years ago that included peoples’ names, birth dates, addresses, social security numbers, and more than 200,000 payment card numbers and expiration dates. Equifax settled a lawsuit the FTC brought against it for $700 million, and that money will be used in part to offer free credit monitoring services to victims of the breach, as well as direct cash payments to people affected.
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How to claim your share of the $700 million Equifax settlement originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 18:21:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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