WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 03: Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Smith stepped down as CEO of Equifax last month after it was reported that hackers broke into the credit reporting agency and made off with the personal information of nearly 145 million Americans.
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Last week a settlement over that whole mess with Equifax was reached. If you were one of the victims and put a claim in for your $125 payout, you weren't alone. In fact so many filed a claim, now the Federal Trade Commission is saying the check you receive will probably be less than $125. Equifax has to pay $31 million, according to Fox 13. They say that the number of claims filed was "enormous" and that "Each person who takes the money option is going to get a very small amount."
The FTC is suggesting that instead you opt for the credit monitoring. Me personally? I am still glad I took the payout. $50 is better than nothing. And those credit monitoring services do the same thing you can do for free... freeze your credit. But if you want to change your mind and get the credit monitoring, they say they're going to send an email out to those who filed a claim for the $125 and give them the option to switch.
What a headache. Thanks Equifax.
Source: Fox 13
