equifax
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Equifax Breach Was Just As Infuriating And Dumb As You Thought, New House Report Finds
House Republicans spent 14 months investigating the 2017 Equifax breach only to reach the same conclusions that virtually everyone else with a brain did in the immediate aftermath of the company’s disclosure. The breach was “entirely preventable,” lawmakers found, and the credit reporting agency’s shit management did absolutely nothing to shield consumers from this mess.
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Oh Good, A Former Lawyer For Facebook And Equifax Is Now In Charge Of Investigating Them
Here’s some good news for massive corporations that have violated the public trust by exposing the personal data of millions of consumers, as if they needed it: the US government’s new chief watchdog is one of their own. Andrew Smith, a lawyer who has represented dozens of firms including Facebook and Equifax, will serve as…
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Equifax Seized 138 Scammy Lookalike Domains Instead Of Just Changing Its Stupid ‘Security’ Site
Late last month, Equifax secured control over 138 domains mimicking a website that the company launched in September in the wake of its massive data breach.
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Report: Equifax Warned Of Vulnerability Six Months Before Attack, Took No Action
It didn’t seem possible, but Equifax may have screwed the pooch even harder than previously thought.