Equifax

Equifax Inc. is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion. Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide.

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Equifax Clears Four Execs Who Sold Shares Post-Breach
Equifax Clears Four Execs Who Sold Shares Post-Breach
November 03, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax announced that it has cleared four of its executives who sold shares before the company disclosed a massive data breach that exposed the personal...

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Fraudsters And The Retail Identity Crisis
Fraudsters And The Retail Identity Crisis
November 01, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Mastercard came out ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts when its Q3 earnings report hit the wires before the markets opened yesterday – notching a beat on both...

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State AGs Wonder Why Equifax Waited Six Weeks To Disclose The Breach
State AGs Wonder Why Equifax Waited Six Weeks To Disclose The Breach
October 30, 2017  |  Regulation

Five states’ attorneys general are investigating why exactly it was that Equifax didn’t disclose its data breach for almost six weeks after its discovery. Said...

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Things That Go Bump In The Payments Night
Things That Go Bump In The Payments Night
October 28, 2017  |  Retail

Halloween is now just three days away. The prepared have already purchased the best costumes and the candy favorites coveted by trick or treaters. Americans have spent a lot of...

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AIG To Add Cybersecurity To Policies In 2018
AIG To Add Cybersecurity To Policies In 2018
October 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

American International Group (AIG), the causality insurance company, is gearing up to look at all of its commercial policies with an eye toward including coverage...

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Equifax Silent On Earnings Date
Equifax Silent On Earnings Date
October 26, 2017  |  Earnings

After a massive security breach that leaked the personal information of 145.5 million consumers, it’s no surprise that Equifax isn’t rushing to report its earnings....

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Credit Karma To Monitor IDs For Free
Credit Karma To Monitor IDs For Free
October 24, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Credit Karma, the free credit monitoring company, announced news on Monday (Oct. 23) of the launch of free ID monitoring. In a blog post, Adam Boender,...

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A Fraudster Speaks Out On Account Takeover Fraud
A Fraudster Speaks Out On Account Takeover Fraud
October 23, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

If fraud attacks are the flu, then the Equifax data breach was a raging fever: a symptom (albeit a dramatic one) of a larger illness...

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Transaction Monitoring: Bracing For The Aftermath Of The Equifax Breach
Transaction Monitoring: Bracing For The Aftermath Of The Equifax Breach
October 20, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Fraudsters’ methods are always changing. That means, try as they might, banks and financial institutions will never be able to keep all of them at...

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