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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1038089" data-attributes="member: 176704">Just maybe found out why I get so many spam/phishing emails because I have just received a letter from the EQUIFAX credit checking (&quot;geddit&quot;!?) company to tell me that my personal data had been accessed following that recently widely publicised cyber attack!Luckily, no real damage does seem to have been done over the years and my credit score is still Excellent! OTOH, they offered me an apparently non-time limited free use of their Equifax Protect and Webdefend monitoring services - so I've just signed up for &quot;the lot&quot; covering potential misuse of my email addresses, bank accounts and plastic cards, phone numbers, NI number and so on!All that takes quite time but it should give a little more protection - won't stop anything that is already &quot;out there&quot; but might help in the future.If anyone else gets a similar letter I think I recommend that you take up the offers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1038089, member: 176704"] Just maybe found out why I get so many spam/phishing emails because I have just received a letter from the EQUIFAX credit checking ("geddit"!?) company to tell me that my personal data had been accessed following that recently widely publicised cyber attack! Luckily, no real damage does seem to have been done over the years and my credit score is still Excellent! OTOH, they offered me an apparently [U]non-time limited free use [/U]of their Equifax Protect and Webdefend monitoring services - so I've just signed up for "the lot" covering potential misuse of my email addresses, bank accounts and plastic cards, phone numbers, NI number and so on! All that takes quite time but it should give a little more protection - won't stop anything that is already "out there" but [I]might [/I]help in the future. If anyone else gets a similar letter I think I recommend that you take up the offers [/QUOTE]

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