Equifax had patch 2 months before hack and didn’t install it, security group says
SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers took advantage of an Equifax security vulnerability two months after an industry group discovered the coding flaw and shared a fix for it, raising questions about why Equifax didn’t update its software successfully when the danger became known. A week after Equifax revealed one of the largest breaches of consumers’ private […]
Equifax Inc., Cyber-attack & Breach
Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyber-attack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency, shedding light on one of the largest and most intrusive breaches in history. Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers. Read more details here. Author:Brian […]