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In 2017, consumer credit rating giant Equifax suffered one of the country's largest data breaches, exposing the personal information of 147 million U.S. citizens, or roughly 40% of the population ...
On September 7, 2017, Equifax disclosed the breach and its scope: affecting over 140 million Americans. [24] VentureBeat called the exposure of data on 140+ million customers "one of the biggest data breaches in history." [25] Equifax shares dropped 13% in early trading the day after the breach was made public. [26]
For example, if your Social Security number is exposed in a data breach, you may be at a heightened risk for identity theft or fraudulent credit applications in your name. 2. Secure Your Accounts
2017 Equifax data breach – In 2017, Equifax Inc. announced that a cyber-security breach occurred between May and mid July of that year. Cyber criminals had accessed approximately 145.5 million U.S. Equifax consumers' personal data, including their full names, Social Security numbers , credit card information, birth dates , addresses , and, in ...
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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Massive Data Breach Exposes 3 Million Americans’ Personal Information To Cybercriminals . Landmark is offering free identity theft protection services for those affected by the data breach. It's ...
Morgan & Morgan filed a class action lawsuit regarding the Equifax data breach that occurred in 2017. [13] [14]In 2018, a class-action lawsuit was initiated against Exactis by law firms Morgan & Morgan, DiCello Levitt & Casey, and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, following a data breach that allegedly impacted approximately 230 million Americans and 110 million businesses.