The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers’ personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers. The credit reporting company announced in September that the personal information of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach. It originally said that the information accessed included names, Social Security… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 12th, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | Tags: Equifax, Equifax data breach, news | Comments Off on Equifax data breach affecting 145M customers worse than initially disclosed
Equifax, one of the nation’s three main credit reporting agencies, has announced a “cybersecurity incident” that could potentially impact roughly 143 million U.S. consumers, according to a statement released on the company’s website. The news comes just months after a breach occurred at an Equifax subsidiary earlier this year, exposing W-2 and payroll data to criminals.… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 8th, 2017 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | Tags: credit reports, cybersecurity incident, Equifax, Identity Theft, news, security breach | 2 Comments »
The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers’ personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers. The credit reporting company announced in September that the personal information of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach. It originally said that the information accessed included names, Social Security… Read the rest of this entry »