Experian Criticized Over Credit-Freeze PIN Security and 'Dark Web' Scans

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By EditorDavidSep 23, 2017, 11:30 pm390 pts
Security researcher Brian Krebs complains that Experian's identity-protecting credit freezes are easily unfrozen online. An anonymous reader quotes the Verge: Experian makes it easy to undo a credit freeze, resetting a subject's PIN through an easily accessible account recovery page. That page only asks for a…

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