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Equifax Hackers Stole Info on 693,665 UK Residents

October 10, 2017 admin Equifax breach, equifax UK breach, Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:00:01 +0000

Equifax Inc. said today an investigation into information stolen in the epic data breach the company disclosed on Sept. 7 revealed that intruders took a file containing 15.2 million UK records. The company says it is now working to inform nearly 700,000 U.K. consumers whose data was stolen in the attack.

Independent Krebs

Here’s What to Ask the Former Equifax CEO

September 30, 2017 admin credit freeze, credit lock, Equifax breach, Other, Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., ThreatMetrix

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:07:09 +0000

Richard Smith — who resigned as chief executive of big-three credit bureau Equifax this week in the wake of a data breach that exposed 143 million Social Security numbers — is slated to testify in front of no fewer than four committees on Capitol Hill next week. If I were a lawmaker, here are some of the questions I’d ask when Mr. Smith goes to Washington.

Independent Krebs

Equifax Breach: Setting the Record Straight

September 24, 2017 admin credit lock, Elizabeth Warren, Equifax breach, Experian, Other, TransUnion, TrueIdentity

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 03:35:26 +0000

Bloomberg published a story this week citing three unnamed sources who told the publication that Equifax experienced a breach earlier this year which predated the intrusion that the big-three credit bureau announced on Sept. 7. To be clear, this earlier breach at Equifax is not a new finding and has been a matter of public record for months. Furthermore, it was first reported on this Web site in May 2017.

Independent Krebs

Equifax Hackers Stole 200k Credit Card Accounts in One Fell Swoop

September 20, 2017 admin Apache Struts, cve-2017-5638, Equifax breach, mastercard, Other, Visa, window of exposure

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:03:12 +0000

Visa and MasterCard are sending confidential alerts to financial institutions across the United States this week, warning them about more than 200,000 credit cards that were stolen in the epic data breach announced last week at big-three credit bureau Equifax. At first glance, the private notices obtained by KrebsOnSecurity appear to suggest that hackers were first able to steal credit card numbers from Equifax starting in November 2016. But Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time — when hackers accessed the company’s systems in mid-May 2017.

MalwareBytes Security

Equifax aftermath: How to protect against identity theft

September 14, 2017 admin 101, breach, Equifax, Equifax breach, How-tos, Identity Theft, Social Security numbers

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:00:39 +0000

If you are one of the victims of the Equifax breach, you have a heightened risk of becoming a victim of identity theft. And even if you’re not, you should take these precautions.

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Independent Krebs

Equifax Breach Response Turns Dumpster Fire

September 9, 2017 admin Equifax breach, equihax, Experian, Other, Ray Watson, Trans Union

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:15:13 +0000

I cannot recall a previous data breach in which the breached company’s public outreach and response has been so haphazard and ill-conceived as the one coming right now from big-three credit bureau Equifax, which rather clumsily announced Thursday that an intrusion jeopardized Social security numbers and other information on 143 million Americans.

Independent Krebs

Breach at Equifax May Impact 143M Americans

September 9, 2017 admin credit monitoring, Equifax breach, Other, security freeze

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:30:50 +0000

Equifax, one of the “big-three” U.S. credit bureaus, said today that a data breach at the company may have affected 143 million Americans, jeopardizing consumer Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver’s license numbers.