Did you apply for a student loan between 2000 and 2006?

[Kipperriffic]

I started loans 1 year later but that is a big fk up

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Cortez

Good thing I'm poor from spending all my money on school. Have fun accessing all my debt

Ummm...identity theft = creating more debt in your name without you knowing about it.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by moon

What is the concern here that someone can use the information to steal your identity?

Isn't this all info thieves could get a number of other ways?

I'm only really concerned about my SIN.

[Nammer403]

Thanks for the head up..mine wasnt breached

[moon]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Name, address, phone, sure.

But a SIN?

Well in terms of thieves I am thinking stealing wallets, b and e etc. Seems easy enough to get a SIN if you really want it.

[Rathji]

People carry their SIN card with them?

I haven't even had a SIN card since I was about 14.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Rathji

People carry their SIN card with them?

I haven't even had a SIN card since I was about 14.

I don't. going off of what people have talked about in past identity theft threads on interest that I have seen.

[Titan]

Originally Posted by moon

Well in terms of thieves I am thinking stealing wallets, b and e etc. Seems easy enough to get a SIN if you really want it.

But over 500,000 of them in electronic format and matched to other identifying info? A very serious breach.

[Sr. Mints]

Well sonofabitch.

Office is closed now, I'll give 'em a call tomorrow.

*Grumble####grumble####inghorse####*

[albertGQ]

Whew. Mine wasn't breached

[mykalberta]

Lost from an office in Quebec?

Ahh yes. Why is my student loan information from 2001 even on a portable hard drive?

Ah the GC, they cant get much right can they.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Swarly

called and I'm safe.
as soon as I was reading out my SIN to them I thought "what a great way to farm SIN's"

I even said as much to the girl on the phone.

I said that I didn't feel too good about calling due to a potential security breah and then giving my SIN out over the phone. She agreed, but said it was the only way to determine if I was affected.

I wasn't.

[BigNumbers]

If you have been compromised, what services do you suggest to monitor for identify theft? Any good comprehensive services that monitor credit bureaus etc?

[taco.vidal]

Lost in Quebec and the kicker is that loans originating in Quebec arent affected because Quebec administers their own student loan program.

Originally Posted by mykalberta

Lost from an office in Quebec?

Ahh yes. Why is my student loan information from 2001 even on a portable hard drive?

Ah the GC, they cant get much right can they.

[Puppet Guy]

Damn. I'm on the list.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

Lost in Quebec and the kicker is that loans originating in Quebec arent affected because Quebec administers their own student loan program.

A lot of Canada's federal buildings are in Quebec though, as part of the capital region encompasses Hull-Gatineau.

I do think it's weird that it was on a portable hard drive though.

[rd_aaron]

Well my info was compromised.

Apparently letters are going out to everyone that was compromised. The lady on the phone told me what the letter would say and what I should do. Basically you need to call your bank and tell them to monitor for suspicious activity. Then you can call both of the credit agencies (Equifax and TransUnion) and then they monitor your credit for suspicious activity.

Equifax was pretty painless... about 5 minutes going through automated menus and now they will monitor my credit for 6 years I think.

TransUnion I was on hold for about 30 minutes and I decided to give up. Maybe I'll try calling right when the office opens.

[Codes]

Originally Posted by rd_aaron

Well my info was compromised.

Apparently letters are going out to everyone that was compromised. The lady on the phone told me what the letter would say and what I should do. Basically you need to call your bank and tell them to monitor for suspicious activity. Then you can call both of the credit agencies (Equifax and TransUnion) and then they monitor your credit for suspicious activity.

Equifax was pretty painless... about 5 minutes going through automated menus and now they will monitor my credit for 6 years I think.

TransUnion I was on hold for about 30 minutes and I decided to give up. Maybe I'll try calling right when the office opens.

Ditto here. Thanks for posting this information. It was a little bit hard to hear the representative over the phone and missed a couple of the agencies or institutions to contact.

Damn.

[rd_aaron]

Originally Posted by Codes

Ditto here. Thanks for posting this information. It was a little bit hard to hear the representative over the phone and missed a couple of the agencies or institutions to contact.

Damn.

Phone #'s she gave me:

Equifax - 1-800-465-7166
TransUnion - 1-800-663-9980

I asked if I should call my credit card company as well, and she said I probably didn't need to since they monitor for suspicious activity anyways, but it wouldn't hurt anything.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by rd_aaron

Equifax was pretty painless... about 5 minutes going through automated menus and now they will monitor my credit for 6 years I think.

Can this be done online or do you have to call?