Having already leaked the personal information of half the people in the entire United States, you might think things have gotten pretty much as bad as they can get for Equifax. Well, you’d be wrong, because the company’s website was just hit with yet another huge issue, this time redirecting visitors to a fake Flash …
Hey, remember Equifax? You should, since they leaked the personal information of half of the United States just a few weeks ago. Well, now the company’s board of directors is investigating the sale of company stock by some of its top executives which occurred just before the devastating hack was made public. You’ll remember the …
Equifax CEO Richard Smith, who was paid a salary of nearly $12 million, has decided that allowing the leak of personal information on 143 million Americans is pretty much the best he can do, and is now retiring from his post. His retirement leaves a hole in the roster of Equifax, which will be filled …
If you’re feeling lost and confused following news of Equifax’s recent data breach, don’t worry: not even Equifax’s own customer service knows what’s going on. Twitter customer service agents have been redirecting customers to a fake phishing site, not run by Equifax and with zero relation to the company. Agents are only doing this because …
Earlier this month, credit reporting agency Equifax informed the public that its computer systems had been breached, exposing the private data of 143 million Americans. But according to a new report from Bloomberg, it wasn’t the first time that Equifax was the victim of a cyber attack in 2017. Unnamed sources tell the publication that …
The Equifax data breach in which the personal information of over 143 million Americans has already cost the company dearly. It’s lost nearly a third of its stock price and is currently facing what will be the largest class action lawsuit, and after announcing that the breach happened, there were more questions than answers. Now, …
Hmm, who could have seen this coming? Less than 24 hours after Equifax revealed that all of its customers’ personal info had been plundered by hackers, the company is facing a multi-billion-dollar consumer lawsuit, and an investigation by at least one state attorney general. The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in Portland, Oregon federal court. …
Data breaches are so common that we’re hardly surprised to hear that a new entity was breached, whether it’s a governmental agency or a private company. But the Equifax hack that was just disclosed is more troublesome than the average cyber heist because of the kind of personal information credit reporting agencies hold, information that …
Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the US, has been the victim of a massive data breach at the hands of hackers. Data was stolen between May and July of this year, and potentially impacts 143 million Equifax customers. The data stolen is thought to include names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses, driver’s …
