Have you been to a Checkers and Rally’s drive-in recently? Hackers installed PoS malware which allowed them to steal customer credit card details.
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How Credit Karma Calculates Your Vantage Score
Credit Karma helps you monitor your credit score without any expense to you. This is a great tool to have to keep track of where you stand with your Vantage score.Continue Reading…
Credit Karma Can Help You Monitor Your Credit Score
We all know about the 3 credit bureaus and that we have a credit score that can help or hold us back in life. We will feature products and services, such as Credit Karma, that can help you restore your credit after a data breach, help you build credit for the first time, or rebuild it for the last time.Continue Reading…
Starting Today, Credit Freezes Are Free For All!
Credit Freezes are free for all! Starting TODAY, September 21, 2018 Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion are offering free credit freezes.Continue Reading…
Why Everyone Should Consider A Security Freeze
Brian Krebs has frequently urged readers to place a security freeze on their credit files as a means of proactively preventing identity theft. Now, a major consumer advocacy group is recommending the same: The U.S. Public Interest Research Group recently issued a call for all consumers to request credit file freezes before becoming victims of ID theft.Continue Reading…
I Have Free Credit Monitoring – I’m OK, Right? NOT!
While Credit Monitoring is one important level of security if you’ve been involved in a data breach incident, just having it doesn’t mean you are safe… It just means you will be informed if someone tries to open an account using your social security number – well some accounts that is. Continue Reading…