It doesn’t matter if China hacked EquifaxHop on the cybersecurity hayride from hell.By V. Blue, 02.14.2020
Federal prosecutors indict four Chinese military officers over Equifax hackThe stolen data included personal details for almost half of all Americans.By K. Holt, 02.10.2020
Senators ask credit agencies why they don't report FBI data requestsIt's not clear how private your financial data really is.By J. Fingas, 12.14.2019
Security fails we’re kinda thankful forAn increasingly desperate search for silver linings.By V. Blue, 11.28.2019
FTC warns Equifax claimants will get 'nowhere near' $125 cash payoutIt admits there isn't enough money to pay all claimants in cash.By M. Moon, 08.01.2019
Equifax settlement for data breach will only cost it $4 per personThere are concerns the penalty is just a drop in the bucket.By J. Fingas, 07.22.2019
Equifax reportedly close to $700 million data breach settlementAccording to the WSJ and NYT, a deal will be announced on Monday.By R. Lawler, 07.19.2019
New York settles with Equifax and others over lax mobile app securityFive firms have agreed to institute security programs to protect user info.By M. Locklear, 12.14.2018
House committee says Equifax data breach was 'entirely preventable'Mismanagement, outdated tech and basic security steps were to blame.By J. Fingas, 12.10.2018
An early test of the GDPR: taking on data brokersCredit agencies and ad-tech companies also accused of personal data misuse.By C. Ip, 11.08.2018
Equifax faces £500,000 fine in the UK over massive data breachUK authorities found the company's efforts in protecting their citizens' data lacking.By M. Moon, 09.20.2018
Equifax confirms data breach included driver's licenses and passportsThe info included passports, driver's licenses and tax documents.By J. Fingas, 05.08.2018
Senate set to approve bill that would make credit freezes freeThe regulation was proposed in response to last year’s Equifax breach.By M. Locklear, 03.09.2018
Equifax finds another 2.4 million people affected by its data breachTheir names and partial driver’s license information were stolen.By M. Locklear, 03.01.2018
How security became more important than convenienceIt's still the reverse for Equifax, though.By V. Blue, 02.16.2018
Equifax breach may have exposed more data than first thoughtTax and driver's license info may have been involved.By J. Fingas, 02.10.2018
32 senators want to know if US regulators halted Equifax probeThey wrote a letter to the director following reports of stalling.By M. Locklear, 02.08.2018
The only thing Equifax's new credit app locks is itselfThe company seems to have difficulty with this whole 'software' thing.By J. Fingas, 02.01.2018
Equifax committee says executive stock sales weren’t insider tradingIt determined the executives didn’t know about the breach before dumping nearly $1.8 million worth of stock.By M. Locklear, 11.03.2017