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The breach led to a record settlement with the FTC, a dramatic downgrade in Equifax’s own credit rating, and close to $3 billion in expenses for the company as it restructured both its C-suite ...
An Equifax internal audit in 2015 showed that there was a large backlog of vulnerabilities to patch, that Equifax was not following its own timescales on patching them, that IT staff did not have a comprehensive asset inventory, that Equifax did not consider how critical an IT asset was when prioritising patches, and that the patching process worked on an 'Honour system'.
The credit reporting agency reached a $700 million settlement with government officials last week, agreeing to pay as much as $425 million of that money to consumers affected by the data breach.
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June 5: The social networking website LinkedIn has been hacked and the passwords for nearly 6.5 million user accounts are stolen by cybercriminals. As a result, a United States grand jury indicted Nikulin and three unnamed co-conspirators on charges of aggravated identity theft and computer intrusion.
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...
Equifax Total Records: 150 Million. Breach date: May 2017 The Equifax data breach occurred between May and July 2017, resulting from the exploitation of an two-month old unpatched security vulnerability in Apache Struts. The hack was attributed to a hacking group within the Chinese Community Party.
According to Karnik, the Ozempiz scam can also steal identities, besides stealing money and jeopardizing others’ health. “Scam victims may share sensitive personal information, including ...