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Congress Grills Equifax Ex-CEO on Breach
2017-10-03 22:03

House Subcommittee Scrutinizes What Happened, Considers Next StepsAt the first of three Congressional hearings slated this week to examine the Equifax mega-breach, one Republican said of the...

Equifax, former CEO reveal more details about the devastating breach
2017-10-03 19:35

Mandiant has concluded the forensic part of its Equifax breach investigation, and the results are as follows: 2.5 million additional US consumers were potentially impacted, bringing the total to...

Equifax Says 145.5M Affected by Breach, Ex-CEO Testifies
2017-10-03 19:27

The credit bureau Equifax said Monday the information of 145.5M Americans, was implicated in this summer's breach.

Hefty Penalty for Smallish Breach in Vermont
2017-10-03 14:03

Attorney General Say Cloud Services Firm Failed to Notify Customer of BreachThe online exposure of an unsecured spreadsheet containing personal data on 660 subscribers to the Affordable Care Act...

Equifax Breach Probe: 145.5 Million US Consumers Exposed
2017-10-03 13:03

Mandiant Investigators Find More US Victims, But Fewer Canadians' Data ExposedCredit-reporting agency Equifax says its massive breach was even worse than it suspected, affecting 145.5 million U.S....

Equifax Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Breach
2017-10-03 08:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" led to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...

EtherParty Breach: Another Ethereum ICO Gets Hacked
2017-10-03 07:32

Etherparty announced Sunday that its ICO (Initial Coin Offering) website selling tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool was hacked and the address for sending funds to buy tokens was...

Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach
2017-10-03 01:23

Equifax data breach was bigger than initially reported, exposing highly sensitive information of more Americans than previously revealed. Credit rating agency Equifax says an additional 2.5...

Equifax Breach Bigger Than Initially Reported
2017-10-02 21:16

Number of U.S. Consumers Exposed by Equifax Breach Increased by 2.5 Million read more

Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Equifax Breach
2017-10-02 17:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" lead to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...