The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an alert warning consumers to be wary of calls or emails purporting to be from Equifax agents. As with other phishing scams, the phishers are pretending to be Equifax representatives asking for “verification” of your information. Legitimate Equifax employees will not be contacting people to ask for this information. For up-to-date information on the breach, you can check the site Equifax has set up: https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
For NYU-related spam or fraud, please contact NYU IT Office of Information Security at security@nyu.edu. For commercial fraudulent calls and emails, use the FTC Complaint Assistant <https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#crnt&panel1-1>
Resources:
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/09/equifax-isnt-calling
https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
US-CERT Tips on Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks <https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-014>
Preventing and Responding to Identity Theft <https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST05-019>