Security News
The Wall Street Journal says Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private...
Prosecutors Say Jun Ying Sold Stock Before Data Breach Was Made PublicA former Equifax CIO who sold his stock in the company after learning about its 2017 data breach several months before the...
A former Equifax executive who sold stock a week and a half before the company announced a massive data breach was sentenced Thursday to serve four months in federal prison for insider trading. read more
New Report Calls for Other Methods of Authentication at Federal AgenciesSome federal agencies inappropriately continue to rely on knowledge-based authentication to prevent fraud and abuse even...
First Time a Data Breach Triggers a Moody's Financial Outlook ChangeMoody's has changed its financial outlook for Equifax to "negative" from "stable," reflecting concerns about how the credit...
Moody's has revised its Equifax outlook from stable to negative, citing the effect of the 2017 data breach. This is the first time that a cybersecurity incident has resulted in a Moody's outlook...
Massive 2017 Breach Continues to Bite the Credit Reporting Giant's Bottom LineEquifax has reported a loss in its latest quarter due to ongoing incident response, legal, investigative and corporate...
Hardly reassuring on any level Back in March, remote desktop specialist Citrix admitted hackers had romped through its core systems, and had purloined internal business documents. Now we're...
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an update on a congressional report that slams Equifax for lacking a strong cybersecurity culture. Also featured: A new study on the status...
Senate Panel Says Company Lacked Strong Security Culture Before Massive Data BreachThe lack of a strong security culture at Equifax - especially compared its two main competitors - was a key...