Freezing your credit reports with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion has become a straightforward and cost-free process, ...

Equifax, the credit-reporting company that had a serious data breach last fall, is allowing consumers to freeze their credit for free through June 30. But you only have until January 31 to sign up for ...

In the wake of the massive Equifax data breach, money expert Clark Howard has advised everyone to assume their personal information has been compromised and to immediately do two things: sign up for ...

Consumers affected by the Equifax data breach are scrambling for ways to protect their financial lives. Some are considering Equifax's own credit monitoring service. Others suggest freezing your ...

Equifax has announced that their massive data breach in 2017 exposed the personal information of 147 million people. Now, the company has agreed to a $700 million settlement. Under the terms of the ...

Consumers are looking for answers after Equifax announced a data breach that has exposed as many as 143 million Americans to identify fraud. Equifax, one of the largest credit-reporting agencies in ...

If you’ve never been the victim of identity theft, consider yourself lucky. Experts say it’s not a matter of “if” you’ll become a victim, but “when.” And it can take a lot of time and effort to clean ...

CLEVELAND — With news of a hacking group saying they’ve stolen most, if not all, of American’s Social Security numbers, people online are saying everyone should freeze their credit report. A blog post ...