Nancy Bistritz-Balkan

March 8, 2019

MyEquifax.com Bypasses Credit Freeze PIN

This post was originally published on this siteMost people who have frozen their credit files with Equifax have been issued a numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN) which is supposed to be required before a freeze can be lifted or thawed. Unfortunately, if you don’t already have an account at the credit bureau’s new myEquifax portal, it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday. Consumers in every U.S. state can now freeze their credit files for free with […]