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Equifax' awesome scheme for freeze thaw PINs


From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 20:27:51 -0400




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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: September 9, 2017 at 7:51:03 PM EDT
To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Equifax' awesome scheme for freeze thaw PINs


For those looking to freeze their credit reporting data this weekend, you may find it pathetically interesting to 
note that the scheme Equifax uses to generate the PIN for you to thaw the freeze is, I kid you not, the date and time 
your freeze request transaction was processed:  IE,  MMDDYYHHMM.    

You can't make this stuff up.     --rick




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