Tech Culture Software Equifax sent out incorrect credit scores, blames it on "coding issue" Millions of US consumers were affected By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2022, 9:53 AM
Security Justice Department indicts four members of the Chinese military for Equifax breach A nine-count indictment By Shawn Knight, February 10, 2020, 11:55 AM 8 comments
Industry Class action lawsuit claims Equifax used the default 'admin' credentials during 2017 data breach Not the most secure login credentials in the world By Cohen Coberly, October 21, 2019, 5:22 PM
Industry Equifax settlement administrator calls for proof of credit monitoring before disbursement of funds Respondents have until mid-October to provide the name of their service provider By Cal Jeffrey, September 9, 2019, 1:07 PM
Industry FTC recommends free credit monitoring over $125 cash in Equifax settlement The response for cash payments has been 'overwhelming' By Cal Jeffrey, July 31, 2019, 5:05 PM 10 comments
Security Industry You can now file a claim for $125 in cash following Equifax breach settlement As long as you're an affected American By Cohen Coberly, July 26, 2019, 3:29 PM
Security Equifax nearing $700 million settlement to resolve 2017 data breach A deal could be announced as soon as Monday By Shawn Knight, July 20, 2019, 8:42 AM
Security Industry Former Equifax director jailed for insider trading CIO gets a four month sentence By James Miller, June 30, 2019, 10:21 AM
Security Equifax reveals full extent of last year's massive data breach The credit reporting firm exposed millions of data points By Shawn Knight, May 8, 2018, 3:11 PM
Industry SEC charges former Equifax executive with insider trading Jun Ying dumped nearly $1 million in stock 10 days before the breach was made public By William Gayde, March 15, 2018, 6:51 AM
Industry Security Opinion: Is it too late for data privacy? There are some who question whether the concept of personal privacy has essentially disappeared into the digital ethers By Bob O'Donnell, March 13, 2018, 11:48 AM 11 comments
Security Industry Equifax may make money off last year's security breach Senator Warren shares details of her office's investigation into Equifax By William Gayde, March 1, 2018, 8:38 AM
Security Industry Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pulls back investigation into Equifax breach CFPB has not requested subpoenas, sought testimony, or conducted tests of Equifax's security protocols By William Gayde, February 6, 2018, 7:02 AM
Security The Web Equifax removes part of its website following discovery of adware-loaded Flash update A third-party analytics vendor was to blame By Rob Thubron, October 13, 2017, 10:57 AM
Security The Web Equifax security breach worsens as investigations continue Another 2.5 million people are affected by Equifax breach By Greg Synek, October 3, 2017, 10:29 AM
Industry Equifax will soon be launching a lifetime credit data lock service for free It's a step in the right direction, but will it be enough? By Cohen Coberly, September 28, 2017, 12:15 PM
Security Industry Equifax CEO Richard Smith resigns following major data breach But will it be enough to satisfy the public? By Cohen Coberly, September 26, 2017, 1:00 PM 7 comments
Industry Hundreds of law professors sent a letter urging senators to uphold your right to sue Equifax Do you always read that list of terms and conditions before you press accept? By William Gayde, September 26, 2017, 8:45 AM
Security Equifax was hit by another data breach in March And it now faces a Justice Department investigation By Rob Thubron, September 19, 2017, 6:15 AM
The Web Security Equifax blames hack on vulnerability that they failed to patch The patch had been available for two months prior to the attack By William Gayde, September 14, 2017, 2:00 PM 13 comments
Security Industry More angry consumers are suing Equifax over its massive data breach There's even a bot to help you do it By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2017, 11:30 AM
Industry Security Three Equifax executives dumped stock before the cyber attack was made public Equifax claims they had no knowledge of the breach before they sold By William Gayde, September 8, 2017, 11:45 AM 12 comments
Security Credit reporting firm Equifax hacked, 143 million consumers impacted Another day, another data breach By Shawn Knight, September 7, 2017, 7:00 PM 10 comments