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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.
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'.
Experian outlines six steps to take if your information is exposed in a data breach. 1. Find Out What Data Was Compromised. The measures you should take after a data breach depend on what ...
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 ...
Gauss trojan, discovered in 2012 is a state-sponsored computer espionage operation that uses state-of-the-art software to extract a wealth of sensitive data from thousands of machines located mostly in the Middle East. [10] Office of Personnel Management data breach – December 2014 breach of data on U.S. government employees.
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
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If any financial information, such as credit card numbers, was leaked in a data breach, request a freeze on your credit by the top three credit vendors (TransUnion, Equifax and Experian).