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Senators Dissatisfied With Equifax’s $7M Deal With The IRS
Security & Fraud // October 05, 2017

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ben Sasse have some questions for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) when it comes to Equifax. Less than a month after it was revealed that the credit reporting agency had been hacked and lost nearly the entire adult population’s personal credit...

Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach
Security & Fraud // October 03, 2017

Ahead of Equifax’s former Chief Executive Richard Smith’s testimony to Congress, the embattled credit scoring company said an additional 2.5 million customers may have been impacted by its massive data breach. Bloomberg, citing the company, reported that with this latest disclosure the number of people...

Equifax CEO Retires In Wake Of Data Breach
Personnel // September 27, 2017

Equifax, the embattled credit scoring firm reeling from a data breach that may have impacted as many as 143 million U.S. consumers, announced news on Tuesday (Sept. 26) that Richard Smith will retire as chairman of the board and CEO of the company. In a...

Equifax CEO To Explain Leak To Congress
Security & Fraud // September 22, 2017

Members of Congress are getting ready to grill Equifax CEO Richard Smith, who is set to testify about his company’s massive data breach that impacted as many as 143 million Americans. According to CNBC, Smith will answer to the Senate Banking Committee on Oct. 4....

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Pre-Data Breach, Equifax Suspected China Of Spying

September 13, 2018
Before it was the victim of a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 143 million customers, Equifax was worried that sensitive data had been stolen by Chinese spies. Citing a source familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that former employees were suspected of taking thousands of pages of proprietary information […]

Senators Dissatisfied With Equifax’s $7M Deal With The IRS

October 05, 2017
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ben Sasse have some questions for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) when it comes to Equifax. Less than a month after it was revealed that the...

Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach

October 03, 2017
Ahead of Equifax’s former Chief Executive Richard Smith’s testimony to Congress, the embattled credit scoring company said an additional 2.5 million customers may have been impacted by its massive data...

Equifax CEO Retires In Wake Of Data Breach

September 27, 2017
Equifax, the embattled credit scoring firm reeling from a data breach that may have impacted as many as 143 million U.S. consumers, announced news on Tuesday (Sept. 26) that Richard...