Experian faces issues with how accounts are ‘thawed,’ according to a report from KrebsOnSecurity. The cybersecurity blog reported that a reader had his freeze "thawed" without authorization on ...

When you freeze your credit report, it becomes inaccessible to both thieves and new lenders. That works well until you're ready to secure new credit, such as a car loan or mortgage, and the lender can ...

CLEVELAND — With news of a hacking group saying they’ve stolen most, if not all, of American’s Social Security numbers, people online are saying everyone should freeze their credit report. A blog post ...

The three major credit bureaus no longer require users to use a PIN when they want to unfreeze their credit reports. If you were never issued a PIN or had a PIN but lost it, you won’t need it to ...

Cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs wrote today — a little over a year from his 2022 article describing the same issue — that anyone can usurp someone else’s Experian credit account simply by creating a ...