The first time I saw that the site was not a sub-domain of Equifax.com, I was worried that someone would quickly create a copy and I would mistakenly enter my information on the site.
Subsequently, each time I had to go to the site - to check if my data was hacked, to enroll for the TrustedID protection (had to try multiple times), I would always first go to equifax.com and then follow the links from there.
It's sad to see that my fears of the site being easily cloned is true (although this was a proof of concept to show Equifax that they were wrong but who knows if there isn't a real malicious site that had already collected people's information).
Not only can you not enroll immediately they tell you that . your data was stolen, even when you return on your given enrollment date, you don't get to complete it that same day. You still have to wait for a few more days to get an email.
Equifax has really really messed up. I hope the other companies are using this as a learning experience and are fixing any flaws they have.
Subsequently, each time I had to go to the site - to check if my data was hacked, to enroll for the TrustedID protection (had to try multiple times), I would always first go to equifax.com and then follow the links from there.
It's sad to see that my fears of the site being easily cloned is true (although this was a proof of concept to show Equifax that they were wrong but who knows if there isn't a real malicious site that had already collected people's information).
Not only can you not enroll immediately they tell you that . your data was stolen, even when you return on your given enrollment date, you don't get to complete it that same day. You still have to wait for a few more days to get an email.
Equifax has really really messed up. I hope the other companies are using this as a learning experience and are fixing any flaws they have.