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Equifax Inc.’s interim chief executive publicly apologized for the credit reporting company’s poor response to concerns about a massive data breach, and — facing ongoing public pressure — he offered some additional remedies to consumers.
Sept. 29, 2017
Business
Equifax Inc. took part of its website offline Thursday after code on the site redirected users to a malicious URL urging them to download malware.
Oct. 12, 2017
The former chief executive of Equifax Inc. plans to apologize for the credit reporting company’s massive data breach when he testifies Tuesday before a congressional committee.
Oct. 2, 2017
Equifax suffered another major breach before the massive data breach disclosed this month, the credit reporting company confirmed Monday, revealing yet again the vulnerability of its computer systems.
Sept. 19, 2017
Equifax announced Tuesday that its chief executive would step down effective immediately, weeks after the credit-reporting company disclosed a massive data breach.
Sept. 26, 2017
The ID theft protection firm LifeLock is certainly one of the big winners from the big data breach suffered by Equifax, which exposed the personal information of 143 million Americans to hackers.
Sept. 18, 2017
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.
July 22, 2019
A former software developer for Equifax faces insider trading charges related to the company’s massive data breach last year, federal prosecutors said.
June 28, 2018
Sept. 28, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it is investigating the massive data breach at credit reporting firm Equifax, adding America’s top consumer watchdog to the chorus of federal lawmakers and regulators expressing alarm over the unauthorized access of 143 million Americans’ personal data.
Sept. 14, 2017