When you freeze your credit report, it becomes inaccessible to both thieves and new lenders. That works well until you're ready to secure new credit, such as a car loan or mortgage, and the lender can ...

Equifax has extended its offer of free credit freezes through June 30. Equifax first made freezes free in September, following a data breach that compromised personal data on about 145 million U.S.

The free credit lock offering that many consumers enrolled in with credit reporting agency Equifax after its massive 2017 data breach expires on Thursday. Consumers who put locks on their account via ...

The three major credit bureaus no longer require users to use a PIN when they want to unfreeze their credit reports. If you were never issued a PIN or had a PIN but lost it, you won’t need it to ...

WASHINGTON-Whatever your political affiliation, there is now one financial issue on which we can all agree. We need Congress to pass legislation allowing consumers to temporarily freeze and unfreeze ...

As a personal finance editor covering identity theft, I knew freezing my credit would make it harder for cybercriminals to open a new account in my name. But I still went back and forth on freezing my ...