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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I think Hillary did it because her book sales are so slow.

Sep 17, 2017 02:38 PM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

No, hackers are just smarter than the geeks they're using for security.. They need to hire hackers that are better than the hackers. Counterhackers, if you will. And that's going to cost $$ because black market data is really valuable.

Sep 17, 2017 01:30 PM
Rainmaker
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

You have a good imagination.

Sep 17, 2017 01:23 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I think they got caught with their pants down - they should be fined big time and shut down!

Sep 18, 2017 10:46 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

That would be a plausable theory. 

Sep 17, 2017 01:30 PM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

You know that could be true. Funny how when you go to buy a new car or even a new home, you get flooded with credit offers the next year. Some one told someone. 

Sep 18, 2017 05:57 AM
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Marco Giancola
Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL
Realtor (305)608-1922, Miami Beach Florida

Interesting theory Bob.......could be and wouldn't be surprised.

Sep 18, 2017 04:45 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

No, I don't think so - I don't think anyone would be that stupid! I think hackers just have nothing better to do with their time and were smarter than those manning the vault at Equifax.

Sep 17, 2017 07:42 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Does it matter, the damage is done, one hack after another and the Russians have won the cold war without firing a shot.

Sep 17, 2017 07:13 PM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

There are other credit scores comapnies that will take cover role. Lexis Nexis, Sterling.....

They obtained your info for free and sell it to whoever who pays a fee. What goes around will come around.  That is just life.....   

Sep 17, 2017 06:20 PM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

that could be the case, never figure that.

Sep 17, 2017 06:20 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

anything is possible today....

Sep 17, 2017 04:30 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

No, they were just caught with their pants down. I do wonder about those 3 execs that sold stock. That should be looked into immediately.

They are already going to stop any profit from this like with the credit monitoring.

Sep 17, 2017 03:07 PM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

No, too much liability to sell the information!

Sep 17, 2017 02:28 PM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Nope.

Sep 17, 2017 02:19 PM
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Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

With the real estate crash in 2008, crooked loans, crooked stock market, I believe Equifax is covering up something by blaming hackers for taking information.

Very possibly a inside job and I don't trust any large corporations, they are all greedy and out for the money!

"TRUST NO ONE"

Sep 17, 2017 12:45 PM
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John Meussner
Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI - Fair Oaks, CA
#MortgageMadeEasy Fair Oaks, CA 484-680-4852

Well, considering the person in charge of IT security at Equifax during the breach had the resumé of a music major, and it came to light that one of their foreign sites had their login credentials set as "admin/admin", and they failed to update an apache security patch that had been available for several months before the breach, I just think they were sloppy, arrogant, and unprepared for anyone to try to break in.  

Today's hackers can break into carefully guarded systems with pretty high tech preventions in place, so they can surely breach a company that's not even covering the basics of cyber security.

 

So I fall in the club that it's not a result of Equifax' greed, but stupidity.

Sep 18, 2017 12:45 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

it was a company with problems that were made public and hurt us all

Sep 18, 2017 07:58 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

I think CEO, etc. that sells stock then dumps the bad news on it's shareholders is a crook.

Sep 18, 2017 06:38 AM
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

no

Sep 18, 2017 05:28 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Bob "RealMan" Timm nailed this one!

Sep 18, 2017 05:28 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

no

Sep 18, 2017 03:43 AM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

No

Sep 17, 2017 08:53 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

no, in fact I have it on good authority that a third party phone app provided the loophole the hackers used.  So time to stop letting people use an app to "monitor" their credit.

Sep 17, 2017 08:36 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

I suppose it's possible but hackers are so sophisticated these days it does not surprise me they were hacked. The crime is not having the best protections in place. Bottom line what matters is we all have to be prepared to deal with the impact

Sep 17, 2017 08:00 PM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

    NSA probably blew out the information, and used Equifax as a scapegoat.

Sep 17, 2017 07:15 PM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

No that would be sure death of the company

Sep 17, 2017 06:58 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

No, I do not believe that Equifax did that. There are hackers working 24 hours a day for thrill and monetary gains of breaching major industry, public and government files.

Sep 17, 2017 06:13 PM
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Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

Great possibility !

Sep 17, 2017 04:07 PM
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Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
Broker / Property Manager

No. As crooked as these large organizations become, I can't believe they would stoop that far. There may be an individual within the organization, but not the organization itself.

Sep 17, 2017 02:54 PM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

no

Sep 17, 2017 02:53 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

That's a bit of a stretch for me... but then who knows.

Sep 17, 2017 01:10 PM
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Dave Martin (703) 585-4687
Fairfax Realty - Fairfax, VA
Making Realty Dreams a Reality #WeWillGetYouHome

Jeez I certainly hope not.. but these days anything is possible I guess look who is President. I think he's as surprised as anyone and didn't expect it either ;-)

Jan 05, 2018 06:47 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Anything can happen, Robert Vegas Bob Swetz.

Sep 18, 2017 09:36 PM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I don't know.

Sep 18, 2017 07:25 AM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I hadn't thought of that, but would like to think that's not the case. Although perhaps someone inside the company was selling info on the side....?

Sep 18, 2017 02:33 AM
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Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Never thought of that ..good question .HMM Will have to give that some thought

Sep 17, 2017 08:19 PM