equifax, experian, transunion. you have t all three because if your information is out there and you might be t victim of identity theft, they experian r transunn addition to your equifax report to try to open up new credit. so you want to -- you wa it at . you have to go to their websites. you have to goo the web page for security freeze. and unfortunately, with experian and transunion, you may have to. equifax has said they're waiving the fee until november 21st. but -- soledad: whi shocking, right? i mean, because they would, i thine like something like 10 bucks depending on what state your in. until no, they're going to kindly waive the fees for us to freeze our credit on something . chi chi: the whole outrageous, you know. we are the victims of this . 143 million of us. yet, we're going to have to go and pay for these freezes to p iden. soledad: i was surprised that these credit reporting agenciey when there's been a breach. why dot not exist or seem very, very weak? chi chi: well, there are l 48 states requir

aqua in a situation with fax, trans union, and -- equifax, trans union, and experian. someone was using my name to open accounts. on the credit report, it has your social security number at the top of it. incidents where the individual had opened an account in my name and used his own social security number. that was on the report. the idiots were still trying to chase me around for the responsibilities of all this. guest: you know what, let me say this, the government, the congress has to act on this so people like yourself have redress. i have seen many cases like you are discussing. not only do you get collection people going after you, you have problems with the irs. someone else is using your social security number and trading problems. -- creating problems. the government is not allowing people that have allowed your information to be stolen to be held accountable. it is an endless struggle to get it fixed host:. ralph is calling in from washington, d.c. caller: the caller from florida asked a very good question that deserves an answer. there are only three credi

i was in this situation with equifax, trans union, and experian. what happened was that someone was using my name to open up accounts. on the credit reports, it has your social security number at the top. there were incidents where the individual had opened up an account in my name and used his own social security number and that was on the report and the idiots were still trying to chase me around for the responsibilities for all this gobbledygook. >> let me say this. the government, the congress has to act on this. people like yourself have redress. as seen at many cases exactly like you are discussing, not only that you get collection, people going after you, neither have albums with the irs. someone else is using your social security number, they're creating problems on your credit, the government has not moved into old places like >> --equifax anyone responsible. it is an endless struggle to get it fixed. rolf is calling from washington, d.c., hi ralph. the caller from florida asked a good question that deserves an answer. there are only three

and i did that with experian. and they did establish it. they sent me a couple letters saying everything is in place. here's how long it lasts and so forth like you were speaking about. and then when i heard about the equifax deal, i thought i'd call experian and find out if they were interconnected with the other two agencies just to make sure if i got something with one would that take care of the other two. no, not without a fee. the other thing was, i called equifax itself from their website phone number and they wouldn't give me any information over the phone. they want you to go online. well, if the state of colorado and/or my county and equifax have been hacked, do you think i might go on my tiny pc i'm going to put in my personal data? that doesn't make sense. the state and equifax have all been breached. do you think i need to go on my computer and put in my information on a website? not going to happen. so you're caught between the devil and the deep blue sea if they won't take the information over the phone which i consider secur

first of all, do you think that we have an issue with experian or transunion and what should a consumer do or an investor do, for that matter, if perhaps we see the same sort of situation develop there? and do you think we might see that? >> so data is valuable to criminals, and people are trying to steal it. so i can't tell you what will happen with the other bureaus, but if you're an individual who is worried about the potential for this data breach or any future one, to have someone open accounts in your name, the credit freeze is your best option if you don't need to be active in the credit market, if it's going to be easy and simple for you to lock people out from opening new accounts in your name. if you put the freeze on, and you are about to get a car loan or something elsewhere you need your credit, you will then have to take steps to remove it when you want to use your own credit. but it does stop thieves from opening an account in your name because they cannot see your file, they cannot open an account. other things you should think about, a fraud alert, a lighter form of pro

it appears trans union and experian, it seems like it didn't work for me, but in some cases, they'reers to reach out to those other two peers to freeze your credit. that's the only way at this point americans can protect themselves. >> jon: they're asking you to trust them, which at this point -- >> it feels very spooky but you re-put in your social security number because the danger of this hack as we been talking about is basically your entire identity profile. it takes a lot to show you that you are you. >> jon: deidra bolton, thank you. >> julie: when we come back, why pruden is escaping u.n. meetings and why it's got some nato members uneasy. plus testimony on capitol hill following two naval collisions that left 17 u.s. sailors dead. jennifer griffin has a live report from the pentagon coming up. maybe, you could trust he wouldn't leave the upstairs water running. (woman screams) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement

they are knowingly using that information in the nefarious manner. >> the suit also alleges that experiannlawfully use the information to create a credit score that tesla could or did use for their sales and marketing. tesla denies the allegations. >>> it is 6:46 am. >>> let's check in with gasia mikaelian to find out what is coming up. >> good morning. at 7:00 we have the facial recognition feature on the new iphone, better than using the fingerprint, but some people will not have that top level of security because of their face. we will explain. >>> a new app, tinder for moms, not for dating but will help matchmaking between the mothers that may feel isolated and overwhelmed when it comes to caring for the new babies. we have the grady of the app coming up and specifics on the new app in a few minutes. >>> we are excited to welcome the open mayor into the studio, talking about her plan to create navigation centers for the homeless to feature those that are clustered together at one of three spots in the city and that is open mayor libby schaaf's.>>> it is 6:47 am. >>> amazon has a new d

you should freeze your credit at equifax, experian and transunion.ou should be able to find the links pretty easily. here's the experian website. the link right up there at the top is to freeze your credit. the transunion website people report they had some trouble enabling a freeze. getting that lock to lock. keep trying. none of the credit bureaus honestly are handling all this very well, but nobody is handling it more poorly than equifax itself. it's given false information to consumers. it had a website that didn't work properly. this despite the fact the company's known about the hack since july. freezing your credit is the most effective step you can take. and don't forget, if you have young adult children or elderly parents they might want your help freeze their credit as well. >>> authorities in switzerland are investigating a crash involving a locomotive that slammed into a train on the disabled matterhorn line. 27 people were injured during that collision this morning in central switzerland. in all, about 100 people were on board at the tim

other than going to all of the experian and all, is there anything else we can do? i mean we're talking about going and getting off the whole digital world. >> listen, a lot of people are also -- i do credit monitoring as well. monitoring my credit in case somebody does something silly, right? you should constantly be checking your credit report. you can check all three once a year each, all right. you can do three a year for free. check your bank statements. check your credit card statements. the due diligence is something we all have to take part in. >> we really do. now more than ever. thank you. >> -- nightly. >> great information. >> well -- >> amelia joins us now and boy do we have some gorgeous weather out there this evening. >> take a look at the sunset behind us. >> incredible. ominous over there, what does that mean? >> that means we're sitting inside and looking at a cloud deck that is not seeing the sunshine. >> a cloud deck, come on, wendy. >> that's what that means. [ laughter ] >> anyways, as we look to tomorrow, it is still going to be feeling like s

essentially that stops companies like equifax, experian, and transunion from releasing your credit info. you can give temporary permission through what is called a thaw when you do need a credit check. meanwhile the equifax ceo is responding, offering of his own. >> this is a disappointing event. i deeply regret this incident. i apologize to every infected consumer. >> reporter: apologetic or not, lawmakers are outraged. senators orrin hatch and ron wyden sent a stern warning to equifax tweeting, "equifax data breach has extraordinary consequences demanding answers." and now if you want to initiate a credit freeze, know it is not free. it costs about $5 to $10 per credit bureau. since there are three, we are talking about $30. although it is worth mentioning in most states it is free if you file a police report. meanwhile if you are impacted by this, there is also a class action lawsuit that you may want to be aware of on the equifax website. a place to find out if you were impacted. >> and speaking of the company's legal problems, we are told that more than 30 does remain a hot topic o

experts suggest checking with the company's rivals, experian and transunion to determine if you haveted. meanwhile, there are accusations three equifax executives sold stock after the data breach was discovered but before alerting the public. >>> raging wildfires in nine western states are now affecting cities hundreds of miles away. fires in california are producing so much smoke that hazy skies are lingering over phoenix. even farther north a wildfire has already scorched more than 50 square miles in oregon. now being called the country's top fire priority. some fires in montana could burn through the next month because conditions there are so dry. >>> and two big sports headlines this morning. sloane stephens says she has a lot of grit and she needed beat venus williams at the u.s. open. >> stephens was two points from being sent home but a 25-stroke point kept her alive. she eventually put her away and will meet madison keys tomorrow. >>> the patriots started their night by celebrating their super bowl title. but then the kansas city chiefs ruined the partner. kareem hunt scored

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also want to let you know that competitor experian is offering free credit monitoring to all u.s.year. now, one other thing we want to let you know is that virginia senator mark warner, he's the co-founder of t this data breach is that troubling. he wants rules in place for how long companies can wait to notify consumers and how much personal information they can store. wisdom and erin in thank you very much melanie. scary stuff there. >> absolutely. 4:52 is the time. all five living former presidents coming together for a good cause. still ahead more on their new online campaign. >> as we head to break we'll take a live look outside on this cool friday morning starting to feel like fall in the air. fox5 news morning is back right after this. >> ♪♪ >> 4:54. we're back with a live look on capitol hill where today the house is expected to approve a more than 15 billion-dollar harvey andy debt spending package. the senate approved the it raises the debt ceiling and funds for the federal government until december 8th. it allocates billions for disaster relief. fema is said to be burni

sign up for alerts from equifax and experian and transunion. set up fraud alerts on your bank and credit cards. consider freezing your credit report so only companies you already do business with will have access. criminals will be locked out but you'll need to unfreeze it when you need a legitimate credit check. check your credit reports for suspicious activity. we're all entitled to one report every year from each of the three agency. more on freezing your credit on our "nightly news" facebook page. lester? >> tom costello, thanks. up next here tonight we join the mayor here in sarasota as this community begins to survey the damage from irma. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. l

number, we hope you aren't, but you might be, experts suggest you check with the other rivals like experian or transunion to see if your credit has been compromised and be suspicious of e-mails from equifax. they will alert you through the mail. review any of the online activity, including your credit card accounts and if you use the same account, pass word on multiple accounts, you need to change them up. i'll be doing that after the show. >> yes. >> it is really, really important whether there is a data breach or not. it is important to make sure those are different. thousands of people are evacuating florida and people are getting creative. >> tony marcellus needed to get his mom and grandfather out of their home to his place in atlanta. he couldn't do rental cars so he hired an uber driver to take them to orlando where he met them. you're looking at this map here, west palm to 170 miles away. tony says he gave the driver a nice tip. >> got to do what you have to do. there is nothing stormy about this. harvey and irma story. >> except for that their names are harvey and irma. >> he is 10

. >> reporter: to freeze your credit go online or call all three agencies, equifax, experian and transunion. you can temporarily lift the freeze if you apply for a loan or credit card, though it could take three days and some agencies charge $5 to $10. but today all three agencies appeared overwhelmed with heavy traffic and phone calls. >> thank you for calling equifax global business services. >> reporter: like millions of americans, ann marie mills has been unable to get through to equifax. >> it's different when the company being hacked is the company that's supposed to be protecting you, and then to feel like they're not even taking steps to correct it is a little frustrating. >> reporter: you may be wondering if you can change your social security number. yes, but only in certain circumstances and your old number may still be linked to your new one. all the more reason to freeze your credit report now. lester? >> all right. tom costello, thanks. we're back with a major city banning something that americans have used for decades now. >>> one of hollywo >>> one of hollywood's great tough

transunion, equifax, experian. >> do i need to call all three >> you need to call all three. that's the way our financial system is set up i would also make sure you put multi-factor authentication on all your accounts so when you try to logon to a bank or website, it asks you not just for your password, but also you have, like a code sent to your phone. i would do the same thing -- >> double-authentication. >> absolutely. >> have you seen issues like this before, how widespread is this >> absolutely, we do risk assessments for thousands of companies every year every time we go in we often see huge amounts of sensitive information just like this that's open to everybody and not being monitored. and isn't being monitored. this is going to get worse before it gets better. the smart companies are the ones getting ahead of and it monitoring their files like they do everything else. >> brian, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you very much >>> now here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week "on the money." a record-setting week for stocks all three major

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and this essentially freezes your--with any of the big three, transunion, experian, and equifax, it freezes your credit account. so, what happens is if you're--for example, you're at a department store, you're buying some clothes, and the person behind the counter says, "well, if you open up a, you know, department store credit card today, we'll give you 15% off." typically, you'd give them some numbers, your social security number, your name, your address. they'd phone it in to one of these three informations, they get a credit report back in 5 minutes, and they'd say whether or not you got the credit card. that's not going to happen if you have a credit freeze. it's going to freeze the account. only you can open the account. it's not going to help for existing accounts. for existing accounts, folks can still play around with that. but as far as anybody trying to open up a new bank card, a new credit card, that's one way of protecting that. now, there are some fees with that, and it can be a little bit of a hassle because if you wanted to take advantage of that department store, it might t

americans that we have to give over their data because there's only three of us there's equifax experian and one other the smaller ones so you're right to make an example of this as being corporatism and the wholesale industrial murder of ordinary citizens equifax certainly the murder of their credit rating now yes they've been put at risk and this will result in deaths and four hundred forty three million people but in a couple of things so there was insider trading before the hack people dumping shares. that's true three executives including you know the mainstream media here will say they were managers there was the chief financial officer three days after the hack there equifax is claiming that they didn't know that there had been a hack but it came out three days after they sold three days after well that's clearly a lie i mean they're lying the so they were dumping by insiders which brings up the question did the insiders orchestrate the hack i doubt that but of course they did they did use the information but you know i want to get back to the fact that here you have to in order t

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we have a youth surge in our country where people are trying different things economically, experianting -- experimenting with entrepreneurship. peopleetimes all care about are the negatives. this is a symbol of what we have now seen, which is an unprecedented concentration of power within saudi, and astonishingly accelerated process, and that has enabled the execution of reforms far quicker than we have grown used to in saudi. the lifting of the ban on women drivers is just the latest in a progression. early this year we saw the announcement of a grand vision, and that look a lot like a template from a management consultancy report. -- wethen we have turn it have seen it turn into the concrete plans and measurable actions that give credibility that this transformation program is really happening. this is the latest example of that. yousef: how concerned are you that they might be moving too fast? there are already voices beginning to criticize the latest moves given the pace of this, which is historic. doesn't that also raise the execution risk or country premium on the saudi story

you'll notice we talked about equifax, experian, transunion, the big three.ill automatically actually indicate to the others that there is now a free fraud alert on your file. 90 days only, but what is really important after that, that's what -- step one. step two, take a much more draconian measure and that's called a credit freeze. this is incredibly important. this is the only way to lock down your file. the reason is, anyone who actually wants to establish credit in your name will be thwarted at that process. big caveat, gang. if you yourself need credit, you have to unfreeze the file for each of the companies. >> i've heard you say it is not a matter if your credit is compromised, it is a matter of when. what are we supposed to do with that information? >> i think what we have to do is take an abundance of caution. here we have a credit incident that they call it, 143 million americans, that's more than half of us, so you got a 50/50 shot you've been exposed. you want to be as safe as you can. so, again, the alert, the freeze, but you want to be careful

experian and trans union are the others.re are basic businesses when people and to check you out, of line for credit card, car loan, employment, renting an apartment, they are companies people can go to and find out if you are a person that pays his or her bills. there is another separate business which is credit scores. they do the math and reduce that number. it is a slightly different thing than a credit report but it is part of this echo system of companies in that business. oliver: imagining the equifax hack as a cover. it's an easy call. 130 million people who have been exposed. how did you choose to represent this in an image? rob: hacking stories are a challenge because they are abstract and there are a lot of things you can do they can follow the cliche territory. one of the biggest hacks in the country's history, we wanted to get the volume of that. what we thought of doing was showing and massive crowd of people and putting a headline over it which says "hacker's paradise." which gets at the fact that we are all p

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that difficult except here's the problem, every one of these credit reporting agencies, equifax, experian and transunion, are all overloaded go to the "nbc nightly news" facebook page. we have links up there for one-stop shopping. go to the ftc website, ftc.gov, and they have good links. i called up with the numbers on the ftc's website, so i know they were legit. i called up all three and they ask you to type in your social security number, ask you to type in the numeric number of your address, some other factors, what state you live in and then they will ask you do you want to put a credit freeze. it only allows the companies you already do business with to have access to your credit. a criminal, therefore -- >> you can? >> correct. a criminal cannot open a new credit line, try to open a car loan or take out a mortgage or whatever. you still have access to your credit line. here's the catch. if you decide you want to suddenly go buy a car or if you're a macy's and want to suddenly open a creditd immediately. impulse shopping becomes a problem on credit. you have to then unfreeze your cr

transunion and experian which trades out of the uk, they have lost but not quite as much as equifax. trish: deirdre, i want to jump in. we were talking the other day i was making point why should i put information into ex-which fax system so freeze credit? they are telling me i have to do it. why should i trust the company that -- >> unfortunately, the silver lining to this, is tha wanted te point to equifax that their system, they need to pay attention. at this point they need to pay attention. trish, i have to say, listen, i could be wrong, i have a hard time believing this company will exist in its current form a year from now. lawsuits are coming out of the woodwork. the massachusetts attorney general filed a suit against the company on behalf of massachusetts citizens affected 23 class action lawsuits are proposed. you have high-flyers, hedge fund manager carson block opening up $500,000 suit. trish: and the doj, right? they're looking at executives out there selling shares even though they maybe might have known. >> or should have known. it is not just three random executives.

this is part of a small experian -- experiment that can have a big impact on the future space travel. there were four men and two women in a special habitat since january. they were located on hawaii's, manilow up. this is the largest active volcano. it approximates life on mars. it gives nasa new data on living conditions during a mission to the red planet. >> how do you pick individual astronauts, and how you put them on a crew? how do you support them? >> the first-order business after leaving the habitat, eating fresh fruit. they ate freeze-dried fruits during -- food during the experiment. they were able to grow vegetables in the volcanic soil. >> chinese cabbage, mustard greens, radishes, tomatoes, potatoes, gosh, tons of parsley and oregano. >> the crew wore spacesuits and traveled dutchmen traveled in teams when they left the habitat. they connected with the outside world with 20 minute delays. crewmembers say they are happy to be out of the habitat. they are also energized from playing the part in nasa's next big adventure. >> it is important for the future of the species. it

equifax, experian and transunion look for any new requests for credit or other suspicious activity. while to show up. and it won't show you if someone has accessed your bank accounts. second, put a frost alert on your credit report. just contact one agency to do this. they have to contact the other two. also, keep a close eye on your bank account and credit card statements. experts say in most cases, debt happens over time. so, get in the habit of checking your statements and accounts online. fourth, sign up for free credit monitoring. if you go to the equifax website you can sign up there it's free for a year and will alert you. finally if you're really worried you can freeze your credit. this is an extreme step. it may carry a fee. fees blocked by anyone issuing your credit report without your permission. the other thing working against you many consumers are doing the sale thing. be be patient with the steps. many agencies are flooded with requests and having a hard time keeping up with demand. bottom line, hackers may have your information. and it's up to you to protect yourself

. >> reporter: besides tesla, it neighbors experian, app stem and "salesforce" ventures as defendants. the suit says an entire class of consumers was subject to illegal practices justifying a class action lawsuit asking for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. >> it's willful conduct. >> reporter: car sales are regulated individually by the various states in which the cars are sold. but because this lawsuit alleges violations of federal statutes, literally every person who was subject to this tesla conduct if proven will benefit from this lawsuit. tesla issued a statement: >> reporter: tesla contents that it only checks credit once a customer has signed an application and that it takes names and other information voluntarily provided by customers prior to test drives, information sometimes later used to send marketing information. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> crews in san francisco attacked three small separate grassfires at mclaren park today in the excelsior district around noon. the fire department said the fires burned 3 acres total. there are no reports of a

equifax obviously, experian and transunion. you have to do it each one separately. back to you.es you furious. deirdre bolton, thank you very much. lauren. lauren: not free to freeze your credit file. wisconsin governor scott walker signing a 3 billion-dollar foxconn incentive package into law this afternoon. foxconn is known for making apple iphones. that is contingent of foxconn investing $10 billion of its own money to make a screen display factory. they have to employ 13,000 workers in the state to get money. david: you wonder where amazon will put its headquarters. i bet denver, colorado. >>> taking legal action, the lawsuit challenging president trump's decision to end daca. why are these dreamers so concerned? >>> cracking down on sanctuary cities. a key ruling by a federal judge that could take the trump administration a step back fighting illegal immigration. jordan sekulow, american center for law and justice executive here to sound off coming next. we're gonna have usaa insurance for both my boys. it's something that they're not even gonna have to think of. it's just

it is kind of fascinating, tom, that you don't get to choose whether you use experian, equifax, or transuniony of them. they entirely make money off of your stuff. the fact that regular people have to stop and take intervals in their day to do this is kind of remarkable from a customer service perspective which i know you and i both, you know, all three of us as people who like business and are pro-business people, it's very frustrating when businesses do the wrong thing. >> the question i've heard repeatedly from consumers and even from experts is where did we ever sign off to allow these credit rating agencies to gather this data base on us? >> never. >> none of us can remember we ever did it. it may be in the fine print of some credit card app we took out years and years and years ago and they've accumulated this massive data base on all of us without ever explicitly sending us a form in the mail saying sign on the dotted line if you're okay with it. that's part of the outrage. >> or saying we make a lot of money off your information, so here's a kickback for you. >> how about it's not lik

. >> contact equifax, experian and transunion to freeze accounts.ifax is waiving the fee right now. a credit freeze doesn't affect your credit score. >> because social security numbers don't go away, near does the threat. keep an eye on this every year. monitor the existing credit cards and bank accounts closely. >> if you find charges you don't recognize, report them at identity theft.gov. it's a lot of information. we put it on the website, today.com. you should definitely check to see if you've been impacted. surprised. >> so was i. >>> still to come, beyonce stops by one of broadway's hottest musicals. wait until you see how the cast reacted. this is "today" on nbc. ♪ on days like this ♪ tell me you love me >>> still to come on "today" we'll go back >>> still co coto come, we'll ge to london where police arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with a subway bombing. >>> high profile nba players coming to the rescue of hundreds of pets. pets left homeless after hurricane irma. we'll get to that and lots more. first, these messages. ito become d