A Cybersecurity Breach at Equifax Left Pretty Much Everyone's Financial Data Vulnerable

On Thursday, Equifax, one of three major credit reporting agencies, revealed that highly sensitive personal and financial information for around 143 million U.S. consumers was compromised in a cybersecurity breach that began in late spring. There are only around 125 million households in the U.S. According to the company's statement, the cybersecurity breach started in May of this year and continued until it was discovered on July 29. While criminals did not appear to have accessed what Equifax describes as "core consumer or commercial credit reporting databases," which help in the generating ......(read more)

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