Wednesday is deadline for claims in 2017 Equifax data breach
NEW YORK โ Wednesday is the deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax's $700 million settlement over a massive data breach. Criminals can use those bits of personal information to commit identity theft. Regulators suggest that you save any documents related to your efforts to avoid or recover from identity theft. In fact, the company has insisted it hasnโt seen much of an increase in identity theft. But if someone becomes a victim, itโs difficult to say whether the identity theft happened because one breach or another โ or some combination.