Equifax

Equifax Inc. is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion. Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide.

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The 17 Most Important Stories Of 2017
The 17 Most Important Stories Of 2017
January 01, 2018  |  News

Happy New Year! Ready to hit the gym? Gonna learn to speak Mandarin this year? Have a book club to form? Those are all perfectly...

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Picking Up The Bill On Consumer Trust, Post-Data Breaches
Picking Up The Bill On Consumer Trust, Post-Data Breaches
December 05, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The public may learn of data breaches much more promptly if three senators get their way on a proposed Senate bill, the Data Security and...

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Account Takeover: An Evolution In eCommerce Fraud
Account Takeover: An Evolution In eCommerce Fraud
November 21, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

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Equifax Says Bye-Bye To Bonuses And Buybacks
Equifax Says Bye-Bye To Bonuses And Buybacks
November 13, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax, home of the hack that compromised over 145 million Americans’ data, is just saying no to executive bonuses this year — and scrapping buybacks....

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Equifax’s Big Earnings Miss And Warnings That More Attacks May Be Coming
Equifax’s Big Earnings Miss And Warnings That More Attacks May Be Coming
November 10, 2017  |  Earnings

Given that Equifax is the firm behind what was arguably the most comprehensive and damaging breach in U.S. history — a breach that left the...

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Equifax’s Chief Legal Officer Investigated Over Post-Breach Shares
Equifax’s Chief Legal Officer Investigated Over Post-Breach Shares
November 07, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

A special committee at Equifax is now investigating its chief legal officer and his role in approving share sales made by four executives days after...

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Equifax Clears Four Execs Who Sold Shares Post-Breach
Equifax Clears Four Execs Who Sold Shares Post-Breach
November 03, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax announced that it has cleared four of its executives who sold shares before the company disclosed a massive data breach that exposed the personal...

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Fraudsters And The Retail Identity Crisis
Fraudsters And The Retail Identity Crisis
November 01, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Mastercard came out ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts when its Q3 earnings report hit the wires before the markets opened yesterday – notching a beat on both...

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State AGs Wonder Why Equifax Waited Six Weeks To Disclose The Breach
State AGs Wonder Why Equifax Waited Six Weeks To Disclose The Breach
October 30, 2017  |  Regulation

Five states’ attorneys general are investigating why exactly it was that Equifax didn’t disclose its data breach for almost six weeks after its discovery. Said...

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