Equifax Breach Fallout: Your Salary History

Post by bspn » Mon, Oct 09, 2017, 8:11 PM UTC

eurticket wrote: post #24

ausjke wrote: post #8

It seems in China people use their cellphone to pay everything these days, credit/debit card are becoming old-fashion and meaningless there. Hope one day we can do it here. For mortgage and car loans you do not need credit card either. So we can just give up credit card totally. We do need a new way to build people's credit scores somehow though.

It would be great all up until the signal is lost from a natural disaster causing widespread power failures[1] and all your money is linked to a slowly draining phone. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/puerto-rico-shortages-...

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 09, 2017, 8:13 PM UTC

joering2 wrote: post #23

nsxwolf wrote: post #19

I didn't know this existed at all. I thought they just made phone calls to your previous employer and asked. Are we allowed to see what's in it? I mean normally, not just when there's a data breach (and it looks like they shut it all down right now). Because when you get asked this on an interview, what's the "right" answer? There's base pay, bonuses, 401k match, all kinds of stuff. So the "right" answer is up in the…

Have you ever logged into Credit Karma? I wholehearty recommend it just to see how much information they are pulling, fully automatic up to seven days ago. Its not only my salary month by month, but also all my bank accounts, all credit card account all with amount I owe, amounts and history I paid, everything! Full front-face info, straight from credit reporting bureaus! :|

Post by tyingq » Mon, Oct 09, 2017, 8:14 PM UTC

plandis wrote: post #21

> As part of our ongoing commitment to performance, reliability and security, Equifax Workforce Solutions will be servicing The Work Number starting Sunday, October 8, 2017. This will result in temporary service interruptions; if you have received this notice please call our service center at 866-222-5880 to complete your transaction. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Convenient that Equifax is doing…

Post by smnrchrds » Mon, Oct 09, 2017, 8:17 PM UTC

dboreham wrote: post #7

typetehcodez wrote: post #5

I hope all the hacked data gets open-sourced. Maybe then we'll have some serious reform. This is ridiculous. What is it going to take to get Congress to actually do something? In the meantime, my strategy is to keep my credit score bad.

Congress does plenty... ..to allow these corporations to continue to make money at our expense.

Post by briffle » Mon, Oct 09, 2017, 8:18 PM UTC

huebnerob wrote: post #36

CommentCard wrote: post #20

It's offensive that I have to go jump through hoops, set security questions and a secret pin just so I can secure my own salary information. Is it too much to dream that Equifax should be legally obligated to provide, at the bare minimum, a way to easily secure this sensitive information? If I were a hiring manager or in HR this would be a goldmine for verifying candidates' salaries and work histories, and gaining th…

1. I've only ever given my SSN to a company in the same packet of information that contained my signed offer letter, so we'd be far past negotiations at that point. If you're worried about them going back and verifying what you said you made, well, you shouldn't be lying about that anyway. 2. I'd hope that people might hesitate a little bit before committing acts of identity fraud on an institutional scale.