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