Tag: Equifax

15 DEC

New York settles with Equifax and others over lax mobile app security

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced that the state has reached settlements with five companies regarding a security vulnerability present on each of their mobile apps. Going forward, the companies — Equifax, Western Union, Priceline, Spark Networks and Credit Sesame — will be required to implement security programs aimed at protecting their customers’ information. […]

08 MAY

Equifax breach exposed millions of driver’s licenses, phone numbers, emails

Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection Gado/Getty Images) On May 7, executives of Equifax submitted a “statement for the record” to the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the extent of the consumer data breach the company first reported on September 7, 2017. The data in the statement, which has also been shared with congressional committees investigating the […]

14 MAR

Equifax exec charged with insider trading, profiting $1mn in ‘largest data breach in US history’

Former Equifax executive Jun Ying has been charged with insider trading by the SEC after he allegedly sold off over $ 1 million worth of shares before the company’s high-profile data breach was disclosed last year. Ying was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, after allegedly making over $ 1 million in profit […]

09 MAR

The best way to protect yourself from hacks like Equifax is to monitor your credit — these 3 services make it free and easy

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. REDPIXEL.PL/Shutterstock With the amount of personal information that lives online, it’s safest to just assume that your personal details have been stolen during a data breach, like last year’s massive […]

03 MAR

Bloom’s blockchain credit app sees record signups after more bad news from Equifax

Blockchain-based credit-score app Bloom saw record signups yesterday, following an announcement from credit-scoring powerhouse Equifax about further damages from its massive data breach last year. Equifax said Thursday that 2.4 million more consumers were affected by the breach than originally expected, bringing the total number of people affected to 147.9 million. And it seems a […]

11 FEB

Equifax breach may have exposed more data than first thought

The 2017 Equifax data breach was already extremely serious by itself, but there are hints it was somehow worse. CNN has learned that Equifax told the US Senate Banking Committee that more data may have been exposed than initially determined. The hack may have compromised more driver’s license info, such as the issuing data and […]

07 FEB

The Equifax “Lock & Alert” app works, but what does it do?

Enlarge / Now I’m protected, apparenty, after troubleshooting with Equifax. Last week, I reported about the travails I and others experienced while trying to use a new service from Equifax called “Lock & Alert.” The service, which is front-ended by a website and a mobile application, allows individuals to place or remove a “security lock” […]

01 JAN

10 worst tech stories of 2017: From Equifax to net neutrality to that awful Sam Altman post

The worst year for tech that most of us can remember in a long, long time is finally over. It is perhaps best summarized as the year the tech backlash finally came of age, setting in motion a long-overdue reckoning. That’s not to say anyone has learned any fundamental lessons or changed any behavior. We […]