Items tagged with (nasdaq:efx)

by Shane McGlaun - Sat, Sep 09, 2017

Equifax Hacker Group Makes $2.6 Million Bitcoin Ransom Demand On Dark Web

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 with all that stolen data. A report making the rounds claims that the hackers want... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 08, 2017

Equifax's Dumpster Fire: Class Action Suit Filed, Three Execs Sell $1.8M In Shares Before Cyberattack Disclosure

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 information of 143 million Americans had been exposed due to a website... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Sep 07, 2017

Equifax Rocked By Massive Cyberattack, Social Security Numbers Of 143M Americans Stolen

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 to some of its online databases courtesy of a website vulnerability. As a... Read more...