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For Equifax, you are exactly right [1]. If you lose your pin you just ask for a new one and provide some basic form of id. [1] https://help.equifax.com/s/arti
by lightbyte 9y ago
For Equifax, you are exactly right [1]. If you lose your pin you just ask for a new one and provide some basic form of id.
[1] https://help.equifax.com/s/article/ka137000000DS9XAAW/What-do-I-do-if-I-lose-my-security-freeze-PIN https://help.equifax.com/s/article/ka137000000DS9XAAW/What-d...
- ceejayoz 9y agoYeesh. > Please provide proof of identification, such as a copy of your driver's license, passport, birth certificate or other proper identification forms. Given that the hack included name, SSN, date of birth, and address, a fake copy of one of these should be incredibly easy to generate. edit: Driver's license numbers were also leaked in some cases. Fun.
- 3JPLW 9y agoEven worse: In a number of states, the DL number is deterministic based upon name and DOB. http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/numbers/dl_us_shared.html http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/numbers/dl_us_shared.html
- ConceptJunkie 9y agoI don't know if it's still the case, but Virginia used to your SSN as an ID. There was an opt-out for that, which I exercised about 25-30 years ago, so I don't know if that policy is still in place.