Security News

GAO: Equifax-Like Breaches Require Greater Civil Penalties
2019-03-26 21:18

Report Calls for New Rules to Pave the Way for Bigger FinesOne way to ensure greater protection for consumers and their personal information following massive data breaches is to give the U.S....

Equifax Was Aware of Cybersecurity Weaknesses for Years, Senate Report Says
2019-03-11 16:31

The massive Equifax data breach that impacted 148 million Americans in 2017 was the result of years of poor cybersecurity practices, a new Staff Report from the United States Senate’s Permanent...

Tech security at Equifax was so diabolical, senators want to pass US laws making its incompetence illegal
2019-03-08 02:33

Now Homeland Security committee sticks the boot in Credit-rating monitor Equifax ignored years of warnings and red flags before it was thoroughly ransacked in 2017 by hackers, who made off with...

Where’s the Equifax Data? Does It Matter?
2019-02-16 00:26

Threat-hunters say the breached data from the massive Equifax incident is nowhere to be found, indicating a spy job.

Data Breach Bonanza: Dating Apps, Equifax, Mass Credential Dumps
2019-02-15 22:30

Data-exposure "lowlights" for the week ending Feb. 15, 2019.

First they came for Equifax and we did nothing because America. Now they are coming for back-end systems and we're...
2019-02-12 12:03

Imag-I-Nation Technologies (no, not that one) fesses up to breach affecting thousands A company that develops and supports software for consumer reports and background checks has admitted to...

And it's go, go, go for class-action lawsuits against Equifax after 148m personal records spilled in that mega-hack
2019-01-29 21:41

Banks, folks can sue – but businesses have to show harm A US judge has given the go-ahead for a set of consolidated lawsuits against credit agency Equifax regarding its 2017 mega-hack.…

Congressional Report on the 2017 Equifax Data Breach
2018-12-19 12:00

The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released a comprehensive report on the 2017 Equifax hack. It's a great piece of writing, with a detailed...

Equifax: A study in accountability but not authority responsibility
2018-12-17 06:30

Like most of the security community, I have spent hours digesting the recently released U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report on the Equifax breach. I...

Conflicted External Auditors at Heart of Equifax Data Breach
2018-12-13 17:49

Equifax hired financial auditors and IT security auditors from different divisions of Ernst & Young, creating conflicts of interest that may have disincentivized both auditing teams from reporting...