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  2. A hack at Equifax exposed the data of 147 million people ...

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    The 2017 data breach landed the consumer credit ratings agency with a record fine, and analysts say the company fumbled its response. A hack at Equifax exposed the data of 147 million people.

  3. 2017 Equifax data breach - Wikipedia

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    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'.

  4. Equifax breach: How to find out if your data was comprised ...

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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.

  5. 6 steps you should take after a data breach - AOL

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    Sensitive information that could wind up in the hands of criminals or on the dark web after a data breach includes: Your full name. Email addresses. Your date of birth. Biometric data. Passwords ...

  6. List of data breaches - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, a collection of 2.7 billion identity records, consisting of 774 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords, was posted on the web for sale. [5] In January 2024, a data breach dubbed the "mother of all breaches" was uncovered. [6] Over 26 billion records, including some from Twitter, Adobe, Canva, LinkedIn, and ...

  7. Exactis - Wikipedia

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    Exactis became notable in June 2018, after a discovery by cybersecurity researcher Vinny Troia [4] detailed how the organization made nearly 340 million detailed records about United States citizens available on a publicly accessible server, [2] [5] [3] leaving those people at heightened risk of being impersonated, profiled or otherwise exploited through social engineering.

  8. Equifax used 'admin' as username and password for sensitive ...

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    A class action lawsuit filed in January 2019 claims Equifax used "admin" as both password and username for a portal with sensitive information.

  9. List of cyberattacks - Wikipedia

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    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 ...