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| Source |  Krebs on Security |
|---|---|
| Identifiant | 366710 |
| Date de publication | 2017-05-18 20:23:13 (vue: 2017-05-18 20:23:13) |
| Titre | Fraudsters Exploited Lax Security at Equifax\'s TALX Payroll Division |
| Texte | Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud had big help this past tax year from Equifax, one of the nation's largest consumer data brokers and credit bureaus. The trouble stems from TALX, an Equifax subsidiary that provides online payroll, HR and tax services. Equifax says crooks were able to reset the 4-digit PIN given to customer employees as a password and then steal W-2 tax data after successfully answering personal questions about those employees. In a boilerplate text sent to several affected customers, Equifax said the unauthorized access to customers' employee tax records happened between April 17, 2016 and March 29, 2017. Beyond that, the extent of the fraud perpetrated with the help of hacked TALX accounts is unclear, and Equifax refused requests to say how many consumers or payroll service customers may have been impacted by the authentication weaknesses. |
| Envoyé | Oui |
| Condensat | 2016 2017 able about access accounts affected after answering april authentication been between beyond big boilerplate brokers bureaus consumer consumers credit crooks customer customers data digit division employee employees equifax exploited extent fraud fraudsters from given hacked had happened have help how identity impacted largest lax many march may nation one online password past payroll perpetrated personal pin provides questions records refund refused requests reset said say says security sent service services several specialize steal stems subsidiary successfully talx tax text then thieves those trouble unauthorized unclear weaknesses who year |
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| Stories | Equifax |
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