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Amy Wang and her husband spent the first six months of 2016 trying to repair their credit after someone redirected their mail and stole tax forms with sensitive information. A Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Kmart credit card were all opened fraudulently in ...
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 ...
On Sept. 7, 2017, credit-reporting agency Equifax dropped a bombshell, disclosing that 143 million Americans had their personal information compromised when an unauthorized third party gained access to one of its databases. Continue Reading Below.
Then, to make matters worse, the company botched its response, the report says, by setting up flawed assistance online, understaffing its call center and, at first, compelling aggrieved consumers to sign away their right to sue. Equifax this week ...
Equifax Inc., the Atlanta-based credit reporting agency, reported lower earnings in the second quarter, mainly due to weakness in its U.S. Information Services [USIS] business, including lower revenue in both its online information solutions and ...
Prosecutors say a former manager at Equifax has pleaded guilty to insider trading. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta says Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu of Atlanta on Monday entered the plea to the federal charge of insider trading. Prosecutors say he ...
Equifax has made a deal to tighten up its security after a massive data breach that compromised the sensitive data of more than 145 million people. Last year, the company revealed that hackers had exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to ...
ATLANTA – A former software developer for Equifax faces insider trading charges related to the company's massive data breach last year, federal prosecutors in Atlanta said Thursday. Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, 44, used nonpublic information to determine ...
Ten months after announcing a massive data breach, Equifax has agreed to a consent order with regulators from eight states, including Georgia, that require the company to report on how it is improving security. Officials from the Atlanta-based company, ...
After the massive Equifax breach that exposed nearly 143 million Americans' critical data, it's hard to think of a breach that could be larger in scope. But, believe it or not, it just happened. This latest data breach may just have more than doubled ...
Among the more than 145 million U.S. consumers whose financial information was exposed in the Equifax hack, some have been able to collect compensation from the company — while others haven't. According to a report in The New York Times, the ones ...
“Consumers and media have raised legitimate concerns about the services we offered and the operations of our call center and website,” CEO Rick Smith responded in an editorial in USA Today. “We accept the criticism and are working to address a range of ...
It has been one year since the massive data breach of a vulnerable Equifax server that compromised sensitive data for approximately 148 million Americans. The number of impacted consumers from the Equifax data breach has increased several times since ...
It's been months since the massive Equifax data breach was revealed to the public. It's the largest personal information breach in history and it affects almost half of the entire U.S. population. We recently told you about the new details that Equifax ...
It's been months since the massive Equifax data breach was revealed to the public. It's the largest personal information breach in history and it affects almost half of the entire U.S. population. The consequences of this breach will be felt for a very ...
Technically, Joshua Browder isn't a lawyer. But that's of little material difference to users who log on to DoNotPay, a free computer app that the London native developed. Quickly worked up in the wake of the Equifax breach, DoNotPay is helping victims ...
Equifax has once again revised the number of people potentially impacted by 2017's massive data breach, telling Congress that tens of thousands more could be compromised after hackers possibly obtained images of their driver's licenses, passports, and ...
Lavelle also recommends calling Equifax Customer Service to determine what course of action they have implemented on behalf of customers whose information has been compromised. "You should be checking your credit on a regular basis for possible ...
... fill in with more of your personal information before it would supply details of the data that Equifax held about you. You wrote to The Information Commissioner's Office, but it simply said it was "unable to look into complaints about Equifax's ...
A Securities and Exchange Commission insider trading complaint against a former Equifax executive offers new insights into how the Atlanta-based credit bureau responded to the hacking last year that exposed the sensitive information of more than 140 ...
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former Equifax executive with insider trading, alleging that he profited from confidential information about a data breach at the company that compromised sensitive data of 143 million people to make a profit ...
A former senior executive at Equifax Inc. was criminally charged for allegedly selling almost $1 million worth of shares before the company's announcement last year that it had suffered a massive data breach. Jun Ying, Equifax's ex-chief information ...
More than six months after the September 2017 breach at credit reporting agency Equifax Inc., there are still numerous questions surrounding the incident and its repercussions. What role, for instance, did some of its legal executives play in the ...
(NEW YORK) Equifax said Thursday that an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year's data breach, however these newly disclosed consumers had significantly less personal information stolen. The company says the additional consumers ...
NEW YORK—Equifax Inc. said Thursday that an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year's data breach, however these newly disclosed consumers had significantly less personal information stolen. The Atlanta-based credit monitoring ...
Equifax Inc., the credit-reporting firm that suffered a massive data breach last year, said it will notify an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers that they were affected by the hack. The customers were among the 145.5 million people whose identities ...
Federal agencies, state officials and members of Congress are currently probing Equifax over its data security practices, Customer Service response and the possibility of insider trading from executives. In response to the breach, Equifax offered free ...
The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers' personal information than the company disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers. A document submitted to the Senate Banking Committee said a forensic investigation found criminals ...
A company spokeswoman said Equifax had not experienced widespread issues with the service, but, as with any new product, there had been isolated problems they were working to resolve. She also offered to put me on the phone with a technical support ...
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Equifax says website wasn't hacked, cites vendor's software code for causing Customer Service page problems · Equifax says it's looking into another possible hack · “Monopoly man” trolls former Equifax CEO Richard Smith at Senate hearing · Equifax ...
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The scenario that personal finance and credit experts feared most about the heist of consumer data from Equifax may already be underway: Criminals are using the stolen information to apply for mortgages, credit cards and student loans, and tapping into ...
When a credit card is lost or stolen—or if the number gets exposed in a data theft—federal law makes it a pretty painless experience for consumers. Credit card holders are on the hook for no more than $50 if any fraudulent charges are made; debit ...
Eyeing more secure alternatives to Social Security numbers, lawmakers in the U.S. are looking abroad. Today, the Senate Commerce Committee questioned former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Verizon chief privacy officer Karen Zacharia and both the current ...
If your account gets suspended, you can call 1-800-772-1213 and ask for the Help Desk for assistance with your account.) • Select a username and password. • Once you have completed the previous steps, your account has been created. If you already have ...
On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver turned his attention to Equifax, the credit reporting agency whose name Oliver equated to a theatrical production involving Daniel Ratcliffe as a horse doing something untoward to a fax machine. As an agency ...
This July 21, 2012, photo shows Equifax Inc., offices in Atlanta. Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security numbers and other data from about 143 million Americans. The Atlanta-based company said Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 ...
TORONTO -- Equifax Inc. is reporting that a third-party vendor the credit rating agency uses to collect performance data on its U.S. Equifax website was serving malicious content. "Since we learned of the issue, the vendor's code was removed from the ...
TORONTO — Equifax Inc. is reporting that a third-party vendor the credit rating agency uses to collect performance data on its U.S. Equifax website was serving malicious content. “Since we learned of the issue, the vendor's code was removed from the ...
The company's customer support sent worried Americans to phishing websites. Not only that, but it is also currently being investigated by the USA Department of Justice. And the person they hired to handle cybersecurity concerns was a Music major.
When hackers steal consumer data from a major company, the fallout is depressingly familiar: The corporation comes to a settlement with class action lawyers, who get paid nicely, while most of the victims of the breach get credit monitoring or nothing ...
Did you check the Equifax website a few weeks ago and thank your lucky stars after you discovered that your personal information wasn't compromised? Maybe you're not so fortunate, after all. You might want to check the Equifax site again — at ...
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Elizabeth Warren turns her ire to Equifax, the Minnesota Lynx win another WNBA championship, and we take a closer look at a device you may know—but probably don't love. Enjoy your Thursday. EVERYONE'S TALKING. • It's ...
If you think you were mistaken when you saw the Monopoly man at the Senate Banking Committee's hearing on the massive Equifax data breach Wednesday, you may need to adjust your monocle. Amanda Werner, arbitration campaign manager for Public Citizen and ...
Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testified in front of Congress about the credit agency's data breach for the second straight day Wednesday, a hearing that included Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) berating the executive for making “millions of ...
A woman dressed as the Monopoly man showed up to Wednesday's Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Equifax data breach, much to the delight of the Internet. Sporting Rich Uncle Pennybags' classic top hat and monocle look, the protester — who was ...
Despite the devaluation of Equifax's stock price and otherwise reputational damage, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Wednesday predicted the credit bureau will be just fine. Why? Because, according to Warren, Equifax is poised to make millions off the ...
This device is unable to play the requested video. Video: Equifax teaches us what not to do after a data breach. Credit ratings firm Equifax may have botched the response to its huge data breach affecting 145 million US citizens, but that hasn't ...
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va) sent a detailed letter to the acting head of the FTC calling for the investigation, and calling for the agency to scrutinize Equifax for the security lapses and its poor handling of Customer Service after the breach was ...
