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@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@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,
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