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Yeah, at best, that tool from Equifax is unreliable. People have put in fake users and SSN and still it's told them they were affected. At worst, it's just ano
by jnbiche 9y ago
Yeah, at best, that tool from Equifax is unreliable. People have put in fake users and SSN and still it's told them they were affected. At worst, it's just another way to get customers to sign up for a new service.
- weatherlight 9y agoI put in the SSN of my family and it states we were affected, I put in fake names and SSN and it says we were probably not affected.
- ceejayoz 9y agoMaybe they've fixed it, but it has definitely been wonky. Some folks got different responses on mobile vs. desktop with the same info. https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/psa-no-matter-what-you-write-equifax-may-tell-you-youve-been-impacted-by-the-hack/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/psa-no-matter-what-you-wri...
- g051051 9y agoIt's asking for the last 6 digits of SSN and name. Considering that is 1 million unique numbers, out of 146 million potentially compromised accounts, you could probably put any number in there and be reasonably sure of getting a hit.
- jnbiche 9y agoThis is a very good point and may explain this phenomenon. However, I'm not 100% sure that those numbers are equally distributed. Still, it may well account for the fact that random numbers still resulted in a hit. Good point.