Equifax Data 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
  
• Equifax to pay up to $700M to U.S. over 2017 data breach

  Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million people.

  Tech

  Jul 22, 2019
  
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• Equifax paying settlement of $650M to $700M after major data breach: reports

  A hack of Equifax exposed the information of as many as 143 million Americans, and 8,000 Canadians.

  World

  Jul 19, 2019
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• ‘It makes no sense’: Toronto woman with no debt calls out credit score swing, credit report errors

  Robin Harvey was surprised to see a drop in her credit score, despite paying off a large credit card balance in full. She was even more surprised to find the same old errors in her credit report.

  Money

  Mar 16, 2019
• 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
• 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
• The Monopoly Man crashed the former Equifax CEO’s public hearing

  The Monopoly Man, a.k.a. Rich Uncle Pennybags, crashed the hearing of former Equifax CEO Richard Smith on Wendesday.

  Consumer

  Oct 4, 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
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• Equifax CEO retires in wake of damaging cyberattack

  Credit reporting agency Equifax is ousting CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging data breach that exposed highly sensitive of its customers.

  World

  Sep 26, 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