Five years ago, Equifax Inc., a global credit-reporting agency, was the victim of a 2017 data breach, exposing the personal information of 147 million people. As the crisis unfolded, Julia Houston, the company’s chief strategy and marketing officer, was part of the...
one that really caught my attention because it was such an interesting set of facts and, and so devastating to her and she was frantic. BOB: How awful. You’re in witness protection program and suddenly Equifax loses your data. Dear God. ...
So long to your most sacred personal information—or so say the experts in the wake of a data breach at the Atlanta-based credit reporting agency Equifax. According to federal law enforcement, there is an 80% chance that cyber thieves may now have the basic building blocks of your most ...
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Equifax shares are on track for their biggest weekly drop since July 2001 in the aftermath of a massive data breach.
Facts that could help plaintiffs The company said last week that it "was aware of" the electronic weakness identified by the U.S. Consumer Emergency Readiness Team in March, the apparent cause of the breach. In response, Equifax said it "took efforts to patch any vulnerabl...
Nearly 700,000 British consumers may have had personal data compromised in the massive breach at Equifax, the US credit reporting agency said Tuesday.