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

[Charles Goorsky]

No it was me. I started this new "Credit Score Diet" where I pull a
lot of fat histories for later consumption.

On 3/25/21, Joshua Samuels via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
> It was me... I applied for a few credit cards today.
>
> I didn't think my credit was bad enough to bring the entire system down
> 🥴...
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 3:28 PM Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via Outages <
> outages at outages.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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