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

[Josh Niec]

No ETA from Equifax as of 2 minutes ago.

Status: Ongoing. Equifax support teams continue to investigate the issue
> impacting services due to inclement weather at the Atlanta Data Center.
> Technical and facilities teams are working to restore full functionality.


On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 3:23 PM Charles Goorsky via Outages <
outages at outages.org> wrote:

> 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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