Here are the steps to freezing your credit online with the three credit bureaus: On your account homepage, navigate to ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — No matter what your age, five years old, 35 years old, or 75 years old, you should have a freeze on your credit. Why? Because without it, an identity thief could use stolen ...

With identity theft and data breaches becoming more frequent, it has never been more important to protect your credit profile. One of the best ways to protect your financial identity from unwanted ...

Credit freezes are the best way to prevent new account fraud, where criminals open bogus accounts in your name. But one credit bureau’s site made it distressingly easy to circumvent the security ...