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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DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the...

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Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?
Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?
August 08, 2019  |  Authentication

What was the color of the car you owned in 2005? Still remember it? Probably not. But you can bet someone knows — that someone...

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Digital Gains (Payments) Ground, Across Verticals
Digital Gains (Payments) Ground, Across Verticals
July 26, 2019  |  Earnings

Companies across far-flung verticals reported earnings this past week – disparate enough so that one might not see the connections between, say, quick service restaurants,...

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Equifax Reports Slight Q2 Revenue Bump As Breach Deal Looms
Equifax Reports Slight Q2 Revenue Bump As Breach Deal Looms
July 24, 2019  |  Earnings

Equifax on Wednesday (July 24) reported that its second quarter 2019 operating revenue hit $880 million, up slightly from the approximately $877 million reported for...

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Equifax Nears $700M Settlement For Data Breach
Equifax Nears $700M Settlement For Data Breach
July 21, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The 2017 Equifax data hack affecting more than 143 million people worldwide will cost the company about $700 million.  The credit reporting company is close...

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Equifax’s Ex-CIO Will Do Time For Insider Trading
Equifax’s Ex-CIO Will Do Time For Insider Trading
June 30, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

The United States Department of Justice has announced that Jun Ying, the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Equifax U.S. Information Solutions, has been sentenced...

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GIACT Ups Fraud Game With Equifax Analytics
GIACT Ups Fraud Game With Equifax Analytics
June 20, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Data analytics company Equifax is teaming up with identity verification solutions provider GIACT Systems to help joint corporate customers mitigate the risk of fraud. In...

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Equifax To Give FinTech Firms Data Access Via FinTech Sandbox
Equifax To Give FinTech Firms Data Access Via FinTech Sandbox
June 20, 2019  |  Startups

Equifax said Friday that it has entered into a joint collaboration with FinTech Sandbox in an effort to spur global FinTech innovation.  The companies said...

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GAO: Post-Equifax, Agencies Must Tighten Online ID Proofing
GAO: Post-Equifax, Agencies Must Tighten Online ID Proofing
June 17, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

After the massive Equifax data breach, a federal watchdog is warning the government against relying on credit agencies to verify the identifies of individuals using...

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