What do to now? Freeze, I’d say. And breathe. Consumers continue to wrestle with their options in the wake of news that the Equifax credit reporting agency had been hacked, potentially exposing a ...

In failing to correctly patch a known vulnerability and exposing the personal data of potentially 143 million Americans to hackers, Equifax made a security blunder of epic proportions — however, it ...

If you thought you escaped the massive Equifax hack, then you'd better think again. It turns out that an additional 2.4 million people are affected by the breach, so you probably need to revisit what ...

Equifax is fighting to regain consumer trust, following one of the largest and most damaging data breaches in history, when the credit reporting giant unwittingly exposed sensitive personal ...

If you do a quick online search, you'll find no shortage of companies offering access to your credit reports and scores, sometimes for free. One of the newest free credit monitoring services is Core ...

Criminals accessed personal information of up to 143 million Americans — roughly 44 percent of the U.S. population — in a stunning data breach at credit-reporting firm Equifax, the company said ...

Consumer rights attorney Meir Rubinov critiques the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Reyes v. Equifax, which upheld summary judgment for the credit reporting agency despite the consumer’s sworn identity ...

Equifax offers a solid core service and some clever web monitoring tools, but it's not quite as easy-to-use as the top competition. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or ...

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The name “Equifax” now sends shivers down our spines. The company we once trusted to handle our credit scores has become a pariah of the financial world, ever since Equifax allowed hackers to steal ...

David Tregear says getting credit was never a problem, until the rejections started piling up. A car loan, credit cards and more — all denied. When he checked his Equifax account, he saw his score had ...