Equifax had patch 2 months before hack and didnt install it, security group says [View all]

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

"The Equifax data compromise was due to (Equifax's) failure to install the security updates provided in a timely manner," The Apache Foundation, which oversees the widely-used open source software, said in a statement Thursday.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/14/equifax-identity-theft-hackers-apache-struts/665100001/

But, hey, we don't need to regulate industries. They'll always do the right thing by the public if we just don't burden them with those pesky regulations!



Now I have to pay 30 bucks to for freezes, ten bucks to each agency, and probably 90 bucks total counting the ten bucks to each agency when I later need to lift or remove the freezes. Could be more if I do either of the latter two steps more than once.

So, in other words, the credit agencies are going to make a fortune from people having to deal with this mistake they made. They should be paying us for all the inconvenience and aggravation, and potentially worse, they've caused us.