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There is very little doubt that Equifax’s negligent security practices were a major contributing factor in the massive breach of 145.5-million Americans’ most sensitive information. In the wake of the breach, EFF has spent a lot of time thinking through how to ensure that such a catastrophic breach doesn’t happen again and, just as importantly, […]
Equifax was warned, a fun new WhatsApp feature, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/59f3bdaa5019121b68ee9511/master/pass/Equifax-AP_17276549865698.jpg Feed: All Latest
Opinion: States have the power to dissolve companies that are bad actors. They should take action with Equifax. https://media.wired.com/photos/59e67229a7e14e44c164642c/master/pass/equifax_death-01.png Feed: All Latest
Another Equifax goof, an easy iOS phish, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/59e13169e926957a1ec521ab/master/pass/PhoneHackedDate-HP-531403996.jpg Feed: All Latest
Enlarge / One of the bad pages delivered after researcher Jérôme Segura visited transunioncentroamerica.com (credit: Jérôme Segura) Equifax isn’t the only credit-reporting behemoth with a website redirecting visitors to fake Adobe Flash updates. A security researcher from AV provider Malwarebytes said transunioncentroamerica.com, a TransUnion site serving people in Central America, is also sending visitors to […]
Enlarge (credit: Randy Abrams) In May credit reporting service Equifax’s website was breached by attackers who eventually made off with social security numbers, names, and a dizzying amount of other details for some 145.5 million US consumers. For several hours on Wednesday the site was compromised again, this time to deliver fraudulent Adobe Flash updates, […]
10.9 million US driver’s licenses were stolen in the massive breach that Equifax suffered in mid-May, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. In addition, WSJ has revealed that the attackers got a hold of 15.2 million UK customers’ records, though only 693,665 among them had enough info in the system for […]
A data breach at the credit-reporting firm Equifax disclosed last month—a hack that affected an estimated 145.5 million Americans—cost the company’s CEO, Richard Smith, his job. And, because of many American employers’ hiring practices, the hack could cost many others jobs as well. The consequences of the hack will probably be felt by its victims […]
Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection Gado/Getty Images) Just because your resume says you exposed the personal data, including Social Security numbers, of some 143 million Americans while practicing unsafe security, it doesn’t mean you can’t score a multi-million dollar contract with the Internal Revenue Service. That’s the case even if your name is Equifax and you’re being contracted […]
