The hacking of Equifax’s company data, announced last week, may have compromised sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers, for 143 million American consumers.

Many of our readers responded to our articles — in particular, Ron Lieber’s Your Money column on what to do in the wake of the security breach — and wrote to us on social media and in emails, relaying their own frustrating experiences trying to protect their identities. They described the technical difficulties they faced, their unwillingness to divulge more personal information and their fear that the credit protection they were buying might still be vulnerable to hackers.

Few said they had made progress with Equifax’s customer service, and many sought further guidance from The New York Times. (See Ron’s latest column in which he gets some answers from Equifax.)

Here is a selection of our readers’ voices. They have been edited and condensed.

Do you have additional questions regarding the breach and how you can protect yourself? Leave them in the comments, and Ron will respond to some of them.