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RE: Getting free yearly credit reports from Equifax, et. Al.
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:19:21 -0500
Here's where to get free yearly credit reports from Equifax, Experian, and Transunion: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp This program was mandated by the FTC. I got my reports last month and Equifax seemed to be the most popular service used by my credit card companies. Richard -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Todd Towles Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:06 PM To: Tom Van Vleck; FunSec [[List]] Subject: RE: [funsec] Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Equifax is one of the three credit report providers. Experian and Transunion are the other two. Equifax is the correct company to use for credit reports and for monitoring...trust is another thing all together. The question is? Does just using Equifax give you all the information? I have always heard to get reports from all three companies. Sometimes Equifax doesn't have some credit card or lean that Experian might contain. -Todd
-----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Tom Van Vleck Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:54 PM To: FunSec [[List]] Subject: Re: [funsec] Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data On Feb 23, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Fergie wrote:Via C|Net News. An external auditor lost a CD with information on thousandsof currentand former McAfee employees, putting them at risk of identity fraud. .... The disc contained personal details on all current U.S. andCanadianMcAfee workers hired prior to April 2005 and on about 6,000 former employees in the same region, MacDermott said. (Thesecurity companycurrently has approximately 3,290 employees worldwide.) The information wasn't encrypted andpotentially includesnames, social security numbers and stock holdings in McAfee.Yup, I am a former McAfee employee, got the letter on Monday. They offer the customary two years of free Equifax Credit Watch, all I have to do is give a lot of personal info to Equifax. Do I trust Equifax? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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Current thread:
- Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Fergie (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Tom Van Vleck (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Mike Johnson (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Dude VanWinkle (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Drsolly (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Mike Johnson (Feb 23)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Todd Towles (Feb 23)
- RE: Getting free yearly credit reports from Equifax, et. Al. Richard M. Smith (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Fergie (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Tom Van Vleck (Feb 23)