All posts tagged "Equifax"

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  U.S. charges former Equifax executive with insider trading

  Credit bureau's hack could turn out to be most costly in corporate history

  • Posted March 14, 2018
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  Equifax breach could be most costly in corporate history

  Total cost of hack, which compromised data of over 147 million consumers, could be 'well over $600 million'

  • Posted March 2, 2018
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  Equifax pulls customer service page, cites vendor’s software

  Dealing with aftermath of hackers breaking into system earlier this year

  • Posted October 13, 2017
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  Equifax makes money by knowing a lot about you

  Equifax had more than $3.1 billion in revenue last year, largely from selling data to other companies.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Senators bewildered by Equifax contract with IRS after hack

  “Why in the world should you get a no-bid contract right now?” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., asked former Equifax CEO Richard Smith.

  • Posted October 4, 2017
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  Equifax: 2.5 million more Americans may be affected by hack

  145.5 million people had their personal information accessed or stolen.

  • Posted October 3, 2017
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  Equifax CEO steps down in the wake of damaging data breach

  NEW YORK — Embattled Equifax CEO Richard Smith stepped down Tuesday, less than three weeks after the credit reporting agency disclosed a disastrous hack to its computer system that exposed the sensitive personal information of 143 million...

  • Posted September 26, 2017
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  In wake of Equifax breach, what to do to safeguard your info

  Check to see if your personal information may have been stolen

  • Posted September 9, 2017
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  Agency orders TransUnion, Equifax to pay $23M for false ads

  WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have ordered credit-reporting agencies TransUnion and Equifax to pay about $23 million for falsely advertising that the credit scores they sell consumers are the same ones lenders use to make credit decisions. The...

  • Posted December 30, 2016