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2020-02-10 07:57:01 |
U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Hackers Over Equifax Data Breach (lien direct) |
The United States Department of Justice today announced charges against 4 Chinese military hackers who were allegedly behind the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans.
In a joint press conference held today with the Attorney General William Barr and FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, the DoJ officials labeled the state-sponsored |
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2019-07-23 00:55:00 |
Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement (lien direct) |
Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans-that's almost half the country.
According to an official announcement by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC |
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2018-09-20 06:54:05 |
UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach (lien direct) |
Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency Equifax has been issued a £500,000 fine by the UK's privacy watchdog for its last year's massive data breach that exposed personal and financial data of hundreds of millions of its customers.
Yes, £500,000-that's the maximum fine allowed by the UK's Data Protection Act 1998, though the penalty is apparently a small figure for a $16 billion
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