Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/08

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Subject: [Leica] Do NOT take action on the Equifax breach
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 19:16:59 -0700

You have probably heard about or read about yesterday's announcement of 
a "massive breach" of credit bureau data by bad people. if you haven't, see

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/equifax-cyberattack.html?_r=0

or, if the NYT is not for you, see this Fox News video about it:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5569181036001/?#sp=show-clips

I am sending this email to urge you to take no action, to do nothing, to 
not follow any instructions you might receive for "protecting yourself". 
There is a blizzard of scams out there (including one actually run by 
Equifax!) and the only way to protect yourself is to trust none of them, 
at least for now.


Replies: Reply from jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Do NOT take action on the Equifax breach)