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

[Hagen Miller]

Co-worker in Atlanta tells me at least one confirmed tornado, EF4/EF5.

https://www.tornadohq.com/

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"Inclement weather" = crazy tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail around Atlanta right now

https://www.ajc.com/news/thursdays-weather-traffic-rain-ahead-of-strong-to-severe-storms-this-evening/7FL6M7H3LZAADCQ2P7A5R5RLG4/
[https://www.ajc.com/resizer/lMTQwZsMmVIfsKIrGEa4ZmYkT20=/1200x630/d1fegwn2wjh0cs.cloudfront.net/03-25-2021/t_b69eb536078242ad9289cd6dff0a55bd_name_t_bc7455223d394e46bd68646bcc893a20_name_file_960x540_1200_v3_1_.jpg]<https://www.ajc.com/news/thursdays-weather-traffic-rain-ahead-of-strong-to-severe-storms-this-evening/7FL6M7H3LZAADCQ2P7A5R5RLG4/>
THURSDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Rain ahead of strong to severe storms this evening<https://www.ajc.com/news/thursdays-weather-traffic-rain-ahead-of-strong-to-severe-storms-this-evening/7FL6M7H3LZAADCQ2P7A5R5RLG4/>
Rain moving into metro Atlanta for the morning drive is just the start of things to come Thursday.
www.ajc.com<http://www.ajc.com>
https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1375183181834555398
[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExWhtHBU4AU8oIn.jpg:large]<https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1375183181834555398>
NWS Atlanta on Twitter<https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1375183181834555398>
“428 PM - Persons in NW Polk and western Floyd, please move to a safe place NOW! Indoors. Lowest floor w/no windows. This tornado has a long history of producing significant damage.”
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Subject: Re: [outages] Apparently Equifax is down for consumers and businesses.

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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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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