Q. I recently received a rather disturbing letter from the myFICO ision of FICO (formerly known as Fair Isaac Corp.). Apparently, FICO sold my credit report through their Internet site to an imposter. It was a shock to learn that the company could have such lax security to allow for such a crime to occur. Was this an isolated event or was there a major security breach affecting other consumers? Am I entitled to any compensation such as free credit monitoring?
Anonymous
A. It is scary to learn someone is poking through your personal financial information and even more disturbing when you learn that they got it through the people who score your credit.
“Occasionally our www.myFICO.com site is visited by aspiring identity thieves,’’ FICO spokesman Craig Watts said. “Our security safeguards are designed to protect the information of our members. As your reader learned, as a matter …
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