Tag Archives: Equifax

Several items: A robocaller gets nailed, the EquiFax breach is even worse than we thought, ‘Congratulations!’ is now a dirty word, and let’s hope you don’t get Rowhammered.

Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources withdrew two controversial rule changes, which would have created a bobcat hunting season and would have required state-approved animal control workers to euthanize captured raccoons, coyotes and opossums; The General Assembly approved an oversight committee yesterday, to investigate issues plaguing Indiana’s Department of Child Services; Bloomington Public Works Director Adam Wason reports a rapidly changing, …

Richland Bean Blossom Community Schools continue to feel the financial effect of losing students to Seven Oaks Classical School, a charter school now in its second year. The Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s ’Leaf webcam’ is up and running, in preparation for the turn of season. Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in Bloomington is holding a meeting over the issues of …

Overpayment Scams, Underwater Cars, and the latest on Equifax

Illinois-based plastics company, Phoenix Closures Incorporated is poised to take over the former Otis Elevator property on South Curry Pike in Bloomington. The City of Bloomington Utilities Department will be replacing the city’s water delivery pipes over several years. Monroe County businesses may be subjected to audits for personal property under a new contract adopted by County Commissioners. FEATURE: The …

Last week Equifax announced that 143 million people have had all their personal data stolen, and this almost certainly includes YOU! Your identity is at risk from now on.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is advising residents to take steps to protect themselves in the wake of the Equifax data breach. The breach is estimated to affect 143 million Americans nationwide, including an estimated 3.8 million Hoosiers. Equifax, one of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies, announced last Thursday that a cyber breach compromised much of its consumers’ personal …

Monroe County Commissioners distribute more than $55,000 in grants to ten local drug treatment, prevention and support organizations; Indiana officials tell Hoosiers how to protect themselves after the Equifax data breach; City of Bloomington Utilities will keep water account balances unclaimed for seven years. FEATURE Five previously unpublished Kurt Vonnegut short stories, found in the Indiana University Lilly Library, will …