You are being too harsh with Equifax!

Hi Scott,

I appreciate you like CreditSavvy, but I think you are being harsh on Equifax, who provide a similar (identical?) facility. And you make it sound like if Optus offered you MILLIONS, you would say “No thanks, I am a good company”. For full disclosure, I work for Equifax.

Jono

Hi Jono

Am I being too harsh with your employer Equifax?

I don’t think so. After all, in 2017 Equifax suffered one of the largest cybercrime breaches in history with the private records of 147.9 million Americans and 15.2 million Brits were compromised.

The reason I suggested people use CreditSavvy (owned by Commbank), is because they offer a free and simple way to lock down your credit file, which will stop scammers from running up credit in your name.

After years of paying for an Equifax subscription to monitor my credit file, I found a way of putting a lock on it, for free. That’s why I shared the details with my readers. It’s a good deal, especially in light of all the hacks going on. Including your own!

Scott.