Editors’ note, September 8: Equifax’s hack checker seems to be broken. We recommend that anyone with a credit history assume they were affected. One of the largest data breaches in history has left 143 million people wondering if their highly personal data has been exposed to hackers. For now, Equifax doesn’t explicitly tell you if …
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Want to upgrade to new iPhone? Time to unfreeze your credit
Remember that nasty Equifax data breach? Turns out it may affect your ability to upgrade to the latest and greatest iPhone. That’s because Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program needs to run a credit check for you to be eligible to upgrade to the new iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus when pre-orders open today (iPhone X pre-orders open October 27). But …
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