Freezing your credit won't protect you from all scams. But it does keep cybercriminals from opening accounts in your name.

Another day, another data breach. While breaches are now commonplace, don’t write them off with a shrug and a, “What can you do, right?” That’s exactly what hackers are hoping for. In addition to ...

A recent Illinois Supreme Court case involved a patient of a health provider getting a letter from the provider advising that the provider’s software system may have been hacked and ...

I went back and forth on freezing my credit for weeks before I actually did it. As a personal finance editor covering identity theft, I knew it would make it harder for cybercriminals to open a ...

The best credit monitoring services will send you timely alerts, credit reports and scores and notify you of any potentially suspicious activity. This can help you take action to ...

In fact, according to a May 2024 study from Experian, only about 1.54% of the scoreable U.S. population had the maximum 850 score. Here's why a 760 credit score is the one to aim for, what it can ...

NerdWallet, for example, classifies scores as "bad," "fair," "good" and "excellent" and defines excellent credit as 720 and up. The Experian credit bureau, by contrast, doesn't even use the term ...

documents containing information on your credit activity compiled by the three credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. Your credit score signals to lenders how trustworthy you are as a ...

The Covid pandemic crushed immigration and demand for Nova Credit's tech. Then its founder discovered a second line of ...

But few companies have been in the information business quite as long as the three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. These three companies have massive databases full of details ...