Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

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Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
October 09, 2017  |  Safety and Security

Financial company MSCI had warned Equifax a year before its massive data breach that there were signs it wasn’t protecting the data of its millions...

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TransUnion Beefs Up Cybersecurity Lobbying
TransUnion Beefs Up Cybersecurity Lobbying
October 09, 2017  |  Safety and Security

TransUnion, the credit reporting competitor to Equifax, has brought on a team of cybersecurity-focused lobbyists in Washington, D.C, reported Recode. Citing a federal ethics disclosure...

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Senators Dissatisfied With Equifax’s $7M Deal With The IRS
Senators Dissatisfied With Equifax’s $7M Deal With The IRS
October 05, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ben Sasse have some questions for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) when it comes to Equifax. Less than a month after...

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The CFPB Needs To Improve Its Cybersecurity, According To An Internal Investigation
The CFPB Needs To Improve Its Cybersecurity, According To An Internal Investigation
October 05, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

According to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s internal inspector, the CFPB must do more to strengthen its protections against hacking. The CFPB —...

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Credit Freezes Cost Consumers $4.1B
Credit Freezes Cost Consumers $4.1B
October 04, 2017  |  Safety and Security

The Equifax hack continues to hit those impacted, with new research finding that consumers will have to shell out a collective $4.1 billion to freeze...

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Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach
Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach
October 03, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Ahead of Equifax’s former Chief Executive Richard Smith’s testimony to Congress, the embattled credit scoring company said an additional 2.5 million customers may have been...

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Cybersecurity Falls Short In September
Cybersecurity Falls Short In September
October 02, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Since Sept. 7, the media has been abuzz over the security breach at credit scoring company Equifax and the vast number of consequences the incident...

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Equifax Credit Freezes Worry Lenders
Equifax Credit Freezes Worry Lenders
October 02, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Equifax hack is worrying U.S. lenders, who fear their consumer loan and credit card businesses could be hurt if scores of people lock or...

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Was The Equifax Breach State-Sponsored?
Was The Equifax Breach State-Sponsored?
October 02, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax’s massive data breach, which potentially exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers and the credit card numbers of 209,000 U.S. consumers, has some...

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