UPDATE of January 16, 2025: I am stunned by the response to this post and the number of people asking me how they can file a claim or get help. This breach was in 2017. If you never filed a claim when the settlement was open for claims, it’s too late to file now. Read the settlement site update.
Here is the official settlement website: https://www.equifaxbreachsettlement.com/ and here is the page with information on how to contact the settlement administrator: https://contactus.equifaxbreachsettlement.com/en/contact. Read the information on the settlement site and then if you still have questions, you can try to contact the settlement administrator.
I cannot respond individually to all the requests I have received from people seeking help because there’s nothing I can do to help you except to suggest you read the settlement site and then contact the administrator if you still have questions or had filed a claim and have an inquiry about its status.
Urvashi reports:
In 2017, Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the United States, announced a significant data breach that exposed the personal and financial information of about 147 million individuals. This highly sensitive data included Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and, for some victims, credit card information. News of the breach raised serious concerns about data security standards within major credit reporting agencies.
As a result of the incident, Equifax reached a historic settlement worth over $425 million to help those impacted recover from the potential harm caused by the breach. Under this agreement, eligible individuals will receive their payments starting in December 2024 or the next month.
The deadline for filing claims or exercising your options already passed. At this point, people who opted for payment should start receiving checks. But of note, PII also reports:
While the focus currently is on delivering final payments to claimants, it is also crucial to acknowledge the extensive measures taken by Equifax in the years following the breach. The company has invested over $1.5 billion to improve its security and technology. Equifax has also added advanced cybersecurity systems to better detect and respond to threats.
Read more at Pasteur Institute of India News.
Hello, my info was compromised and I wanted to know how to sign up for second payment?.
The period to file a claim has passed. If you had already filed a valid claim in the past with them and there are extra funds, I think you get notified automatically, but you should probably check on the official settlement website. If you’re still not sure, see the settlement site page on how to contact the settlement administrator.
Ilello.
My info was compromised and I mow have identy theft and alot of things I did not do on my credit report. And I’m so upset. I can’t believe this could happen to me. What do I do.
I been wondering that same thing and my personal information still been used
It’s all a farce!
What is all a farce? The entire data breach itself?
My information was compromised what should I do
This was the 2017 breach. The settlement was a long time ago. If you didn’t do anything in time to file a claim, it’s too late for that one.
My information was compromised what do I need to do.
The class action settlement took place in 2017. It’s unfortunately too late to take action now.
So our data was stolen, I filled out a claim and explained time lost, going online, signing up for credit monitoring etc etc and STILL they try to deny any compensation. My info was literally found on the dark web after this breach & Equifax dnt give AF nor will they compensate ppl appropriately.. absolutely disgusting and unprofessional AF
Imagine filing a claim if a a data breach only to receive $7 as settlement
The small payout in the end differed so much from the initial $250 per person payout they were expecting to release to everyone who had been a victim in the data breach, went down quite drastically when true numbers were revealed as to how many people were actually affected by that data breach, taking the $250 down to a minimum of $7 a person for most. When they realized the number of people affected by the breach, they realized they could not afford to compensate every person with the initial promissory note.
Yeah, got a whopping $7 from this mess. What a joke. These class action rewards do nothing to really punish a company for their incompetence.
I had identity theft happen twice because of this!!
My credit has things on there that are no correct. Not even my birthday. I told them my birthday was wrong they gives me a list of documents to send in I explain I just had a stroke and I have the correct information in the beginning they pay you no attention I signed up with all three and its a waste I can’t apply for nothing because I of a wrong birthday
My data was stolen and is on the dark web apparently, how do I address that?
You need to go into Google and check the settings on there. Many people do not realize how much their Google is actually tracking about them. Their full names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, schools they attended, etc. I checked mine and saw my name come up on the dark web in so many places with so many different variations of my name and information. One even led to my nextdoor neighbors home, that I had no communication with, whatsoever. So, I simply erased all of the locations, the information, names, numbers, addresses, etc that Google had stored and now there are less findings of my info on the dark web b
In 2017 my whole identity got stolen by echofix you can’t even get credit you can’t get anything and it’s hard to try to rent an apartment so you have to live with a relative because your credit is so bad and so is your identity government should make them pay people doesn’t have to Identity completely stolen from Equifax in 2017
I have had ongoing identity theft problems due to this
My data was compromised I was in jail when this claims were filed and to get a chance to do it and I want to be a part of it
The deadline to file a claim passed in 2017. There is no possibility of you being able to take action on it now and you most definitely will not receive a payout because of this.
Is Equifax going to try to give us free credit reports I don’t need them a whole credit’s been messed up my whole identity was stolen by Equifax in 2017 I don’t need a credit report cuz my identities already been stolen my whole identity but they need to do is try to pay people at least a my credit is so bad there’s no more repairs for my credit and I don’t need credit free credit report thanks to Equifax in 2017
I have had my id stolen five times
I have been dealing with this for years. And still dealing with it. I am unable to get any credit. It’s beyond disgusting. And time an time again no matter who you try and contact nothing gets done and I am the one struggling and fighting! It’s WRONG!
I do be my information was hacked too
Compromise account