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Subject: [Leica] Do NOT take action on the Equifax breach
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 22:34:25 -0400
References: <3eca3217-3150-a415-6bba-ede0fc090db4@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

Brian:

Thanks for the advice... I had been considering doing nothing.

Best

Jim H



On 9/8/17 10:16 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
> You have probably heard about or read about yesterday's announcement 
> of a "massive breach" of credit bureau data by bad people. if you 
> haven't, see
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/equifax-cyberattack.html?_r=0
>
> or, if the NYT is not for you, see this Fox News video about it:
>
> http://video.foxnews.com/v/5569181036001/?#sp=show-clips
>
> I am sending this email to urge you to take no action, to do nothing, 
> to not follow any instructions you might receive for "protecting 
> yourself". There is a blizzard of scams out there (including one 
> actually run by Equifax!) and the only way to protect yourself is to 
> trust none of them, at least for now.
>
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