equifax
-
Equifax’s Website Redirected People To Malware Thanks To A Compromised, Years-Old Plugin
Credit-reporting agency Equifax, which has been embroiled in a richly-deserved sea of anger after losing the sensitive personal and financial info of at least 145 million people to hackers, found itself in yet another hole this week after its website began redirecting users to malware.
-
Lawmakers Demand To Know More About Equifax’s Plan To Assist Victims Of Humongous Breach
House Democrats and Republicans have found common ground in their joint effort to uncover precisely what Equifax knew prior to revealing its data breach last month. That effort continued on Wednesday as lawmakers sought to learn more about what the embattled credit agency is doing to aid the roughly 145 million victims of this self-imposed…
-
IRS Awards Equifax $9.25 Million No-Bid Contract To Help ‘Verify Taxpayer Identities’
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow once said that asking the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. The United States’ Internal Revenue Service, it seems, has taken this warning as a recommendation.
-
Equifax, Which Said Executives Did Not Know Of Hack Before Trades, Has Launched A ‘Thorough Review’
Equifax Inc. has insisted that three executives who sold off over a million dollars in shares just days after news of a massive hack of 143 million Americans’ financial data spread internally were not aware of the breach when they made the sales.