March 07, 2019
Senate Hearing Grills Equifax, Marriott CEOs On Data Breaches
Data privacy and security is becoming a popular political issue, and the latest proof of that came Thursday (March 7) on Capitol Hill. During a hearing for the U.S. Senate...
March 07, 2019
Marriott International CEO Says It’s Not Clear If China Is...
Marriott International Chief Executive Arne Sorenson appeared before a Senate subcommittee Thursday (March 7) to discuss the data breach of the Starwood Hotels reservation system, saying he doesn’t know if...
March 07, 2019
Equifax, Marriott To Get Grilled By Senate On Cybersecurity
Equifax and Marriott executives are slated to appear before the Senate on Thursday (March 7) to discuss what lessons the two companies have learned from some of the largest data...
March 05, 2019
Marriott Exec To Testify About Hack Attack
Marriott International Chief Executive Arne Sorenson is set to testify before a U.S. Senate panel about a hacking incident that exposed the records of up to 383 million customers. The breach,...
March 01, 2019
POS Financing, Etsy And Brexit — The Week In Sizzles...
Some things are instant hits — smartphones, television and voice-controlled personal assistants are all good examples of technologies that more or less hit the ground running and were popular as...
March 01, 2019
Equifax Extends SBFE Partnership For Small Business Lending Data
Credit report company Equifax is extending its partnership with the Small Business Financial Exchange (SBFE), the firm said in a press release Thursday (Feb. 28). Their deal sees Equifax providing...
February 28, 2019
Equifax Chief Hit By Identity Theft Three Times
Equifax CEO Mark Begor revealed that he has been the victim of identity theft three times in the past 10 years during a privacy hearing on Tuesday (February 26). Begor...
February 27, 2019
On Capitol Hill, Credit Bureau CEOs Say Reporting Changes Are...
Lawmakers grilled the heads of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, calling the credit reporting a “broken” system — and new legislation introduced this week has some far-reaching changes. In the meantime,...
February 14, 2019
Experts Say Equifax Data Breach Was A Spy Job
Remember all that stolen Equifax data? Remember how all those names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers and other information were stolen in September of 2017...