[outages] Apparently Equifax is down for consumers and businesses.

[Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal)]

I was ordering fiber optic internet from Frontier Communications—my doctor said I should consume more fiber—but their system said my credit check failed and was demanding an equipment deposit.  I pushed back.  They ran it three times.

Then they got word in a group chat that Equifax’s consumer and business portals are down, so they can’t process any credit checks.

Woe be unto you if you work in finance or support a business that depends on this service.  I hope they didn’t have another breach.  Maybe they will need a tiny excavator to dig them out of this mess like that freighter stuck in the Suez canal<https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/mcw8og/new_pictures_from_the_suez_canal_authority_on_the/> for the last two days...

Cheers,
Brad
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