Equifax

cbronline | September 08, 2017

Around 143m customers of Equifax could see their data at risk following a cyber-attack on the firm earlier this year. Hackers are said to have managed to steal customer names, social security numbers, dates of birth addresses and even driving licenses, leaving customers now worrying their identities could be stolen....

eweek | September 09, 2017

After what is actually latest in a long series of data breaches at the company, credit reporting firm Equifax said that it will do a better job of protecting the personal and financial data of millions of consumers in the U.S. and abroad....

healthcareitnews | September 11, 2017

Healthcare organizations can learn a lot from the Equifax hack of some 143 million records. Executives should not dump stock before disclosing a breach, data integrity takes a team, everyone needs to constantly hone their incident response plan, and the worse is yet to come. That was the sentiment from speakers on Monday at the Healthcare Security Forum in Boston....

eweek | September 22, 2017

The latest breach of the Equifax credit rating agency began on March 10, giving hackers nearly five months to rifle through the records of 143 million people in the U.S. When Equifax announced Sept. 7 that about 143 million consumer credit records had been breached hackers, it was telling only part of the story. What Equifax didn’t say at the time was that the hackers could leisurely explore the records for nearly five months....