Equifax should be required to immediately freeze the credit of every person who had their information stolen and pay for the freezing of those peoples' credit on the other two bureaus unless specifically requested not to by the individual.  And to unfreeze that credit for free only upon request of the person (and pay for the unfreezing on the other two bureaus).  We should not have to pay for protection of our credit thru credit freezes and thaws.  Its their error, they should have to pay for the fixes.