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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 22, 2019
The day of reckoning has come for Equifax for a massive data breach two years ago, but for consumers hoping for more than a slap on a wrist, prepare yourself for disappointed. Equifax's penalty for failing to secure private information...
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Shane McGlaun - Sun, Feb 11, 2018
Last year, a hacker group was able to penetrate credit reporting agency Equifax and make off with information, including the social security numbers, of 143 million Americans. Only a few days after the hack, a ransom demand for the return...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Oct 12, 2017
Come on, Equifax, you're killing us here. We were already positively dumbfounded when Equifax reported that a security breach resulted in the personal information of over 140 million Americans -- including social security numbers – has...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Sep 14, 2017
There are some things you just should not do. Stick your tongue out and lick a metal pole during a freezing day in winter (or anytime, really), is one of them. Putting ketchup on eggs is another (oh you sick puppies!). But perhaps most of...
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Shane McGlaun - Tue, Sep 12, 2017
Equifax is still trying to dig its way out from under the bad press and an angry public after a hack of its database gave access to personal information on 143 million Americans. Equifax offered those affected by the security breach the...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Sep 09, 2017
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Equifax was hacked surfaced and 143 million Americans have potentially had their personal information stolen. What many have been wondering is what exactly do the hackers plan to do...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 08, 2017
There continues to be mass fallout from the enormous “cybersecurity incident” that struck Equifax back in mid-May (but wasn't discovered until late July). Equifax waited until yesterday to inform the world that the sensitive personal...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Sep 07, 2017
This could be the mother of all cyberattacks; Equifax just announced that it experienced a "cybersecurity incident" that occurred between mid-May of this year through late July. During that time, malicious parties were able to gain access...
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