the strongest quake in mexico in a century according to president nieto. power outages reported 600 miles away in mexico city. the quake triggering a tsunami. the threat appears minimal this hour. guatemala activated security protocols, police reporting some damage along their border with mexico. breaking news, one of the biggest security breaches in history. there s a good chance your personal information is part of it, and you may never have heard of the company that was hacked but it has your information. equifax says personal information of 143 million of you has been compromised. that s more than half of the adult population in the u.s. 209,000 people had their credit card numbers stolen. hackers exposed personal identifying information of another 182,000 people involved in credit disputes. equifax is one of three companies that track and rate
compromised. that s more than half of the entire adult population in the u.s. another 209,000 people had their credit card numbers stolen. hackers exposed personal identifying information of an additional 182,000 people who were involved in credit disputes. equiflquifax is one of three companies that track and rate the financial history of consumers. if you have a loan or any credit card you could be affected. equifax is only affecting those whose credit card numbers or dispute records were accessed. you have to enroll for free credit monitoring before they will tell if you the hackers took your info. here s the information, click the check potential info. tab, submit your last name, digits of your social security number. after that we re told you will receive a message indicating whether you have been affected. experts say consider putting a freeze on your credit, especially if you don t anticipate taking out new loans.
all right, breaking news this morning one of the biggest security breaches in histy and there s a very good chance your personal information has been breached. credit reporting company exfax says personal information of 143 million people has been compromised. that s more than half of the entire adult population in the u.s. hackers took names, birth dates, addresses. in some cases 209,000 people had their credit card numbers stolen. they identified an additional 182,000 people involved in credit disputes. this is one of three nation wide-companies that track and rate the history of u.s. customers. if you have a loan or credit card, they likely have your information and you ve been affected.
in his pro debut. a record for a rookie. 42 points the most scored against the pats since bill belichick took over as coach 17 years ago. stunning in foxboro. this was not surprising commissioner roger goodell booed loudly by patriots fans when he stepped on to the field an hour before kickoff. goodell clown shirts seen in the background. let s check cnn money stream this friday morning. u.s. stock futures pointing lower. investors got a lot to process. the weakening dollar, threat of north korea, hurricanes, and mixed signals from the european central bank. all of that factoring into global stock markets right now. shares in europe lower, asian stock markets closed mixed. shares of equifax tanking 13% in premarket trading after the company disclosed a huge data breach that could affect 143 million of you. another 209,000 people, your credit card numbers were stolen. another 182,000 of you, if you were involved in credit disputes, that data was also
stream this morning. u.s. stock futures pointing lower partly because the value of the dollar is weaker because of some moves out of the european central bank. got the two hurricanes. worries about north korea. stock markets in europe also lower. and shares in asia are mixed. shares of equifax are tanking 13% premarket trading after the company disclosed a huge data breach that could affect 143 million americans. another 209,000 people had their credit card numbers stolen. 182,000 people who were involved in credit disputes were also compromised. the stock had been a strong performer this year, up 20%. the company will not be contacting you. no. instead, you have to sign up for the free credit monitoring to find out if your info. was stolen. and there s there s plenty of outcry on social media this morning about how that does not seem very fair that you have to jump through hoops to say the least.