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2020-02-10 15:19:00 |
DOJ charges four Chinese military hackers for Equifax hack (lien direct) |
DOJ said the hackers stole data on Americans and Equifax's intellectual property. |
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2019-08-22 13:13:01 |
UK cybersecurity agency warns devs to drop Python 2 due to looming EOL & security risks (lien direct) |
NCSC likens companies continuing to use Python 2 past its EOL to tempting another WannaCry or Equifax incident. |
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2019-08-01 10:42:01 |
FTC: Too many people signed up for Equifax cash, so they\'ll be getting less than $125 (lien direct) |
FTC recommends that users switch some of their claims from cash payments to free credit monitoring services, as they provide a better value. |
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2019-07-22 14:31:00 |
(Déjà vu) Equifax, regulators sign $700m deal to settle data breach lawsuits (lien direct) |
The massive security incident exposed personal details belonging to almost 150 million customers. |
Data Breach
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Equifax
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2019-07-22 08:06:05 |
Equifax, regulators close to signing $700m deal to settle data breach lawsuits (lien direct) |
The massive security incident exposed personal details belonging to almost 150 million customers. |
Data Breach
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2019-07-01 11:30:03 |
Former Equifax executive sent behind bars for insider trades, profiting on data breach (lien direct) |
An opportunity to cash in on the data breach was seized, with prison as a consequence. |
Data Breach
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Equifax
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2019-06-17 10:31:00 |
Equifax breach impacted the online ID verification process at many US govt agencies (lien direct) |
Impacted agencies include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), the US Postal Service (USPS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). |
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2019-05-24 09:12:01 |
Equifax rating outlook decimated over cybersecurity breach (lien direct) |
A Moody's downgrade shows that poor security can have severe financial fallout. |
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2018-10-17 21:39:00 |
Equifax engineer who designed breach portal gets 8 months of house arrest for insider trading (lien direct) |
SEC said engineer figured out on its own that the website he was building was for his own company's security breach. |
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2018-09-20 07:25:00 |
Equifax fined £500,000 over customer data breach (lien direct) |
If the security incident had taken place after GDPR came into play, the fine may have been far higher. |
Data Breach
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2018-09-07 18:17:01 |
US Government releases post-mortem report on Equifax hack (lien direct) |
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2018-05-15 13:00:00 |
Open-source vulnerabilities plague enterprise codebase systems (lien direct) |
Vulnerabilities including the bug reportedly responsible for Equifax's data breach are still common elements of open-source systems used in the enterprise. |
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2018-05-08 14:43:00 |
Here\'s how the Equifax breach breaks down, by the numbers (lien direct) |
Equifax said in a regulatory filing how much of its data sets were stolen in a 2017 breach. |
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2018-05-07 16:43:00 |
After Equifax breach, major firms still rely on same flawed software (lien direct) |
At least seven tech giants still use the vulnerable software that hackers exploited to attack Equifax last year. |
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2018-03-14 15:49:00 |
Former Equifax executive charged with insider trading after data breach (lien direct) |
The SEC accuses the former executive of dumping stock before Equifax made the breach public. |
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2018-03-01 16:35:00 |
Equifax says millions more Americans affected by hack than first thought (lien direct) |
An additional 2.4 million Americans have been identified as victims of the company's 2017 breach. |
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2018-02-10 19:25:00 |
Equifax says more private data was stolen in 2017 breach than first revealed (lien direct) |
The credit rating agency said it didn't originally announce "potential" data points, like tax identification numbers, that "may have been accessed" by hackers. |
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2017-12-13 21:48:00 |
Freeze your credit after the Equifax hack? Get ready to face Healthcare.gov hurdles (lien direct) |
A surge in Americans enrolling in health insurance plans is expected before the Friday deadline. |
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2017-11-08 20:16:00 |
Equifax, Yahoo fail to answer the most basic questions during Senate hearing (lien direct) |
Senators were left frustrated as Yahoo didn't know how it was hacked, and Equifax still didn't know who. |
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2017-10-13 08:07:44 |
Equifax insists web portal has not been compromised (lien direct) |
The credit rating agency has pushed back on claims of a second cyberattack. |
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2017-10-10 17:48:00 |
Equifax says 693,000 UK residents affected by hack (lien direct) |
The company initially said 400,000 UK residents were at risk. |
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2017-10-03 13:24:00 |
Equifax ex-chief admits responsibility \'starts at the top\' for devastating data breach (lien direct) |
Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith says the data breach shouldn't have happened on his watch. |
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2017-09-26 13:02:00 |
Equifax chief executive steps down after massive data breach (lien direct) |
The former chief executive made over $4 million in salary last year. |
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2017-09-14 01:27:00 |
Equifax confirms Apache Struts security flaw it failed to patch is to blame for hack (lien direct) |
The company said the March vulnerability was exploited by hackers. |
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2017-09-12 00:00:00 |
Equifax\'s credit report monitoring site is also vulnerable to hacking (lien direct) |
The site has at least one vulnerability that allows a hacker to trick users into turning over sensitive data. |
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2017-09-08 22:06:00 |
We tested Equifax\'s data breach checker - and it\'s basically useless (lien direct) |
Several people have confirmed they have mixed or inaccurate results from the Equifax checker. |
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2017-09-08 05:23:00 |
Security firm Mandiant said to be helping Equifax in hack aftermath (lien direct) |
Equifax earlier on Thursday revealed a massive data breach of 143 million consumers. |
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2017-09-07 21:22:00 |
Credit rating giant Equifax admits hack; as many as 143 million affected (lien direct) |
The credit rating firm said hackers exploited a bug on the company's website. |
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