Equifax Hack

• ‘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
  
• 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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• ‘It’s tragic that it turned out this way’: Mother, son fall victim to Equifax Canada hack

  Robin Harvey thought she was being financially prudent when she urged her son to sign up to monitor their credit files at Equifax Canada in 2013.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2017
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• 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
• 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 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
• Global accounting firm Deloitte hit by cyberattack

  One of the world's top accountancy companies, Deloitte, has been hit by a targeted cyberattack that apparently resulted in the release of client's confidential information.

  World

  Sep 25, 2017
• 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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• Canada’s privacy watchdog opens up probe into Equifax hack

  The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says the company has committed to notifying all impacted Canadians in writing as soon as possible.

  Money

  Sep 15, 2017
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• Class action suits filed against Equifax for data breach, ‘bogus’ arbitration clause waived

  At least 30 class action lawsuits have been filed against the credit reporting company in the U.S., and two have been filed in Canada.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2017