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nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: richard, the equifax breach is shaping up to be the single biggest and most serious breach of personal data in u.s. history. in hurricane terms, it's a category 5 that could be with us for the rest of our lives. financial and cyber experts warn the equifax hack has the potential to haunt americans for decades, and every adult should assume their information was stolen. names, social security numbers, dobs, addresses, driver's license numbers, and 200,000 credit cards. >> really disconcerning because equifax is trusted. >> reporter: across the country frustration and anger at equifax's security lapse. >> i don't think there is any good excuse and i think their response is poor. >> you don't know who you can trust, where you can use your information, your credit cards. >> reporter: amid a public backlash, equifax said customers who sign up for one year of free credit monitoring and theft protection will not sur render their rights to sue. but the hack means we could all be at risk our whole lives. >> your name, address, social, date of birth, t
nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: richard, the equifax breach is shaping up to be the single biggest and most serious breach of personal data in u.s. history. in hurricane terms, it's a category 5 that could be with us for the rest of our lives. financial and cyber experts warn the equifax hack has the potential to haunt americans for decades, and every adult should assume their information was stolen. names, social security numbers, dobs, addresses, driver's license numbers, and...
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tom costello reporting. >> it is friday. looking at the weekend. >> i want to look at the weekend. don't want to look at jose. >> yes we have to now. it is shifting, closer, closer to the coast. with this point. the adviser, start telling people in southern preparedness kits and supplies in the beginning. make sure you have all of them. in case this gets close. 11:00 advisory. 5:00. going to shift closer to the coast. here's why the red line is the hurricane centers forecast. all of the computer models from overnight are well to the west. 100 miles west of the that. you can see where the lines are generally heading. close call in long island, role island. and masters. >> try to get ahead of the game. have all your preparations just in continues. you're watching early today on a friday morning. >>> earlier this week camp pendleton, now fort hood and bragg where military personnel injured and in two instances killed during training accidents. in all, over 20 service members have been hurt in training accidents on the three military installations. and now, many want answers including
tom costello reporting. >> it is friday. looking at the weekend. >> i want to look at the weekend. don't want to look at jose. >> yes we have to now. it is shifting, closer, closer to the coast. with this point. the adviser, start telling people in southern preparedness kits and supplies in the beginning. make sure you have all of them. in case this gets close. 11:00 advisory. 5:00. going to shift closer to the coast. here's why the red line is the hurricane centers forecast....
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tom costello, nbc news, st. petersburg. >> i'm glad tom asked that question. i was like what? somebody wants to know everything you're doing. in this case, when it comes to job opportunities, maybe just the thing. >> someone's always watching. in this case, it was for something good. >> the price guest at last night's emmy awards and how people are reacting. you're watching "early today." women are amazing. our bodies grow babies... ...we run marathons... ...companies... ...solve problems. how? we eat. we eat almonds... ...strawberries... ...quinoa. and yeah...we eat chocolate. ♪ we eat in sweatpants... ...in skirts. we eat alone... ...and together. women are strong. we eat, and we own it. special k. shatters the competition. hydrating skin better than prestige creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. ageless. we believe in food that's anaturally beautiful,, fresh and nutritious. so there are no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives in a
tom costello, nbc news, st. petersburg. >> i'm glad tom asked that question. i was like what? somebody wants to know everything you're doing. in this case, when it comes to job opportunities, maybe just the thing. >> someone's always watching. in this case, it was for something good. >> the price guest at last night's emmy awards and how people are reacting. you're watching "early today." women are amazing. our bodies grow babies... ...we run marathons......
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tom costello has more. >> reporter: the hack could go down as among the biggest ever and involving nearly half the u.s. population. credit reporting agency equifax says the data breach involved the names, doctor'ses, social security numbers and addresses for 143 million people. and 209,000 credit card numbers were stolen. it was discovered july 29th. equifax released a video statement. >> i deeply regret this incident. i apologize to every effected consumer and all of our partners. >> reporter: equifax is one of the three big kricredit reporti agencies. they say the credit reporting data base wasn't effected but managed to exploit a vulnerability on an application. >> this is like hurricane irma size proportions effecting u.s. customers. >> this morning we're learning the three top executives at equifax sold $2 million worth of shares just days after the cyber attack. the company says the trio had quote no knowledge it occurred. at the time they sold their shares. the fbi is actively investigating and equifax has been cooperating with them. to learn if your information has been hacked you
tom costello has more. >> reporter: the hack could go down as among the biggest ever and involving nearly half the u.s. population. credit reporting agency equifax says the data breach involved the names, doctor'ses, social security numbers and addresses for 143 million people. and 209,000 credit card numbers were stolen. it was discovered july 29th. equifax released a video statement. >> i deeply regret this incident. i apologize to every effected consumer and all of our partners....
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nbc's tom costello has been working the story since it broke. good morning to you. >> morning. the white and blue cards we all have were never meant to be a tax id or health care number, but now there is a good chance our numbers have all been stolen, and that makes us all very vulnerable. the worst hack of personal data in u.s. history. >> this concerns equifax. >> gets worse by the day. >> welcome to the equifax automated security freeze system. >> with the nation's three credit agencies swamped with calls from millions of americans trying to put a fast freeze on their credit reports. 143 million names, social securitys, dobs, addresses, drivers licenses, all stolen. >> what we've seen here is the most outrageous, the most egregious example of a company not doing what it needs to do when it comes to protecting consumer information. >> in a usa today editorial, equifax ceo writes, we are devoting extraordinary resources to make sure this kind of incident doesn't happen again. meanwhile, those blue and white social security cards we all have were first issued in 1935 when fdr w
nbc's tom costello has been working the story since it broke. good morning to you. >> morning. the white and blue cards we all have were never meant to be a tax id or health care number, but now there is a good chance our numbers have all been stolen, and that makes us all very vulnerable. the worst hack of personal data in u.s. history. >> this concerns equifax. >> gets worse by the day. >> welcome to the equifax automated security freeze system. >> with the...
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tom costello covers nasa for us. he has a school story. >> this is a hard day for engineers in nasa, who have devoted their lives to kasini. watching it go up in saturn's atmosphere, hopefully getting us closer to knowing if there is life somewhere out there. >> and liftoff of the spacecraft to saturn. >> reporter: we have never seen it up close until. >> the long journey to saturn. >> this spacecraft catapulted into the cass most than rocketed towards the ringed planet. this is what it beamed back. 500,000 awe-inspiring images. it took even years. but it was worth the wait. bringing us an unforgettable up-close look at jupiter. and then, of saturn. >> no spacecraft has gotten this close to saturn. that allows us to make measurements that you just can't make when you're orbiting outside the rings. >> reporter: just four months ago, cassini became the first spacecraft to plunge between the rings. >> you feel like you could touch the rings. >> reporter: and beneath them, that's us, earth. nasa's unprecedented 20-year 5
tom costello covers nasa for us. he has a school story. >> this is a hard day for engineers in nasa, who have devoted their lives to kasini. watching it go up in saturn's atmosphere, hopefully getting us closer to knowing if there is life somewhere out there. >> and liftoff of the spacecraft to saturn. >> reporter: we have never seen it up close until. >> the long journey to saturn. >> this spacecraft catapulted into the cass most than rocketed towards the ringed...