Equifax Breach Could be Costliest Yet at $439M; Insurance to Cover $125M March 4, 2018 By Jim Finkle and John McCrank Equifax Inc. said it expects costs related to its massive 2017 data breach to surge by $275 million this year,...
Equifax Breach Exposed More Consumer Data Than First Disclosed February 13, 2018 The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers’ personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents...
Treasury to Look Into Consumer Financial Bureau’s Handling of Equifax Breach February 7, 2018 By Patrick Rucker U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said he wants to know how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is handling...
Trump’s Consumer Protection Bureau Pulls Back on Equifax Data Breach Probe: Reuters February 5, 2018 By Patrick Rucker Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc....
Senators Propose Heavy Fines for Credit Agencies Over Privacy Data Breaches January 12, 2018 By Pete Schroeder Two Senate Democrats are proposing large new fines for credit reporting agencies that lose consumers’ personal information in data breaches,...
British Financial Regulator Investigates Equifax Hacking of UK Customer Data October 24, 2017 Britain’s markets watchdog said it has opened an investigation into the hacking of U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax, which affected...
Is It Time to Say So Long to Social Security Numbers? October 10, 2017 By Nafeesa Syeed and Elizabeth Dexheimer The Trump administration is exploring ways to replace the use of Social Security numbers as the main method of assuring...
Equifax Promises Improved Consumer Access to Credit Records September 29, 2017 By John McCrank Equifax Inc. promised to make it easier for consumers to control access to their credit records in the wake of...
Deloitte Targeted by Hackers Accessing Data From Internal Email Platform September 25, 2017 By Giles Turner Following record results that flagged the growth of its cyber security business, Deloitte LLP has revealed that it has been...
Legal Experts See Room for Deal in Equifax Data Breach Lawsuits September 25, 2017 By Edvard Pettersson Equifax Inc. could get away with paying a mere $1 per person after failing to protect almost half of America’s...