Equifax breach
The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer is Real, For Now
Millions of people likely just received an email or snail mail notice saying they're eligible to claim a class action payment in connection with the 2017 megabreach at consumer credit bureau Equifax ...
Intuit to Share Payroll Data from 1.4M Small Businesses With Equifax
Financial services giant Intuit this week informed 1.4 million small businesses using its QuickBooks Online Payroll and Intuit Online Payroll products that their payroll information will be shared with big-three consumer credit ...
Bryson Koehler, Equifax CTO, Discusses the Road Ahead in Data Security Infrastructure
Byson Koehler, the Equifax CTO and CISO, delivered the keynote at DevSecOps Days during the 2020 RSAC. Equifax contributed to multiple sessions and panels during the conference. The message was consistent: "Yes, ...
The “Big Hack” That Actually Happened – Chinese Military Implicated in Equifax Breach
In October 2018, Bloomberg published an article titled “The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies,” that sent shockwaves around the world. The implication - Chinese spies ...
U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack
The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the ...
Equifax used ‘admin’ as username and password internally
A class-action lawsuit targeting Equifax has revealed a series of appalling internal security practices that led to the data breach incurred by the credit reporting agency in 2017. The lawsuit is not ...
Cybersecurity is Failing—Time for a Reset?
When you read what’s happening in cybersecurity, you could cry. We are being bombarded with cybersecurity fails. Recent egregious examples are Equifax and Capital One. To quote an August 2, 2019 article ...
Equifax has bled $1.4 billion from 2017 breach, so far
Nearly two years after suffering a massive data breach, credit bureau Equifax is still bleeding money in settlements and legal fees. Equifax’s latest earnings release tallies the costs associated with its 2017 ...
Equifax sued by the state of Indiana over 2017 breach
Almost two years after suffering a massive hacker attack, Equifax is still picking up the pieces, paying penalties through its nose. The latest act of retribution comes from the U.S. state of ...
A Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams
Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers' privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you'd be forgiven if you couldn't tell this by studying ...
