UK Watchdog Fines Equifax $13.4M for Role in ‘One of Largest’ Cyber Breaches October 16, 2023 Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday it had fined consumer credit rater Equifax Ltd. 11 million pounds ($13.4 million) for...
Equifax May Face Class-Action Suit After Credit-Score Glitch August 5, 2022 By Erik Larson Equifax Inc., the second-biggest global credit bureau, was hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit after a report that it provided...
Equifax Says Consumer Credit Scores Changed in Computer Error August 4, 2022 Equifax Inc. said some consumer credit scores were changed because of a computer error that has since been rectified. A...
Equifax to Pay $18M Over Data Breach Affecting Nearly Three Million Mass. Residents April 20, 2020 One of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country has agreed to pay $18.2 million and undertake significant...
Congress Looks to ‘Reimagine’ Credit Reporting Industry February 27, 2019 By Pete Schroeder The nation’s major credit reporting agencies faced renewed scrutiny from Congress on Tuesday, as lawmakers consider legislation overhauling the industry....
Equifax Slapped with $658,000 Fine for Privacy Lapses After UK Cyber Attack September 20, 2018 By Stephanie Bodoni Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. was slapped with a maximum 500,000 pound ($658,000) fine by the U.K.’s privacy watchdog for...
Report Says Record Number of Data Breach Notices Filed in New York in 2017 May 23, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) this year released a report outlining a record number of data breach notices...
Equifax Sued by Australia’s Competition Regulator for Allegedly Misleading Consumers March 16, 2018 By Paulina Duran Australia’s competition regulator said on Friday it was suing credit reporting company Equifax Pty Ltd, owned by U.S.-based Equifax Inc,...
What Insurance Companies Need to Know About Part 500 Cybersecurity Compliance October 10, 2017 By Anthony Ferrante and Jim Wrynn If there were any remaining doubts about the vulnerability of our online systems, they were dispelled in September when giant...
Chicago Fililng Lawsuit in Massive Equifax Data Breach September 29, 2017 The city of Chicago is suing the credit reporting company Equifax over a data breach that exposed personal information of...