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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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