Originally Posted by
embarcadero1
For those who care to know about such things, the "credit monitoring" services often pose as much or more risk to you than the company whose poor security allowed the breach.
This is a totally general statement and in most cases, false.
Originally Posted by
embarcadero1
Never give your SSN over the phone, a basic rule of thumb that eliminates the two companies who were to "monitor" my credit after the Anthem and United breaches.
OK, fine. This is a separate statement from the first sentence. Has nothing to do with Hyatt. Hyatt was a data breach in which someone hacked into their system. Nobody on the phone, nobody giving out social security numbers.
Originally Posted by
embarcadero1
Unfortunately, this is likely the beginning, not the end of trouble from this incident.
That remains to be seen.