Equifax Breach

• 4 Chinese military members charged by U.S. in Equifax breach

  The 2017 breach affected roughly 145 million people, with the hackers successfully stealing names, Social Security numbers and other personal information stored in the company’s databases.

  World

  Feb 10, 2020
  
• Former Equifax executive who ditched stock ahead of data breach scandal charged

  Insider trading charges were announced Wednesday against a former Equifax executive who sold his shares for nearly $1 million before the company’s massive data breach was revealed to the public.

  Consumer

  Mar 14, 2018
  
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• Equifax didn’t do enough to protect Canadians in data breach, MPs say

  MPs chastised an Equifax Canada executive Monday for not doing more to make amends to thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised by hackers.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2017
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• Equifax breach: total number of Canadians impacted by cyber attack passes 19,000

  Equifax issued a statement on Tuesday saying 11,670 of the affected credit cards are Canadian, bringing the total number of Canadians impacted by the hack to about 19,000.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2017
• Equifax breach: 2 Canadian class-action lawsuits seeking financial damages

  Around 8,000 Canadians are part of the class action lawsuit against Equifax Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2017
• Equifax takes down web page over concerns of new hack

  Equifax says it has temporarily taken down one of its web pages amid reports that another part of its website had been hacked.

  Tech

  Oct 12, 2017
• Equifax data breach affected 8,000 Canadians — not 100,000, review finds

  Meanwhile, 2.5 million Americans have been added to the list of people affected by the cyberattack.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2017
• Equifax hack: When to give out your Social Insurance Number (it’s less often than you might think)

  Did Equifax require the Social Insurance Numbers of the affected Canadians? Not necessarily, but they did nothing wrong in asking for and collecting it.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2017
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• Equifax hack may have exposed 100,000 Canadians’ personal info

  Equifax Inc. says approximately 100,000 Canadian consumers may have had their personal information compromised.

  Consumer

  Sep 19, 2017
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• Equifax officials under investigation following stock sales: report

  The Justice Department wouldn’t confirm the investigation into insider trading, saying only that they were helping the FBI with its investigation.

  World

  Sep 18, 2017