If you received a notice about the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) announcement that your personal identifying information may have been compromised, Experian offers special services that may help protect your personal identification information from being used fraudulently.

VA is working with law enforcement agencies to investigate a burglary in which computer disks were stolen that contained the personal identifying information of some veterans. While the VA stresses that they have no reason to anticipate misuse of this information, they have advised impacted veterans to take precautions, such as monitoring your accounts for suspicious activity.

You also may want to add a temporary fraud alert to your credit file to alert anyone who reviews your file that you have reason to suspect fraud. A fraud alert can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you. It also may delay your ability to obtain credit. We will share your request with the other national credit reporting agencies, Equifax and Trans Union, so you will not need to contact each agency separately.