Equifax Breach news and trends

Equifax Clears Q4 Earnings Bar Despite More Bad News
Earnings // March 02, 2018

Equifax released earnings late Thursday, the same day that it said 2.4 million more individuals in the US fell victim to the infamous 2017 hack.  The numbers were, well, decent against a backdrop of negativity, as the company beat top and bottom lines. But the...

Equifax Taps Home Depot Exec For CIO Post
Personnel // February 13, 2018

Equifax announced that it has named Jamil Farshchi as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). At Equifax, he will lead work that is already in progress after the company’s massive data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 145 million Americans. In...

Equifax Bought An Identity Protection Service Just Before Disclosing The Breach
Security & Fraud // September 26, 2017

Already facing so many questions about a breach that sent much of the U.S. adult population’s personal information into the hands of hackers worldwide, Equifax now gets to answer a whole new set of questions about why exactly it bought an identification protection service called ID...

Jumio CEO: Outfoxing The Cyberfraudsters In Real Time
Security & Fraud // September 22, 2017

Jumio CEO Stephen Stuut says innovation is key, and must always evolve, when it comes to taking on the bad guys in cyberspace – the ones who steal IDs, and then, money. Equifax is just the latest wake up call – but there are ways...

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Equifax Clears Q4 Earnings Bar Despite More Bad News

March 02, 2018
Equifax released earnings late Thursday, the same day that it said 2.4 million more individuals in the US fell victim to the infamous 2017 hack.  The numbers were, well, decent against a backdrop of negativity, as the company beat top and bottom lines. But the real test will be management commentary on the March 2nd earnings conference call.

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Equifax Taps Home Depot Exec For CIO Post

February 13, 2018
Equifax announced that it has named Jamil Farshchi as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). At Equifax, he will lead work that is already in progress after the company’s massive data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 145 million Americans. In addition, he will work with the industry to share best […]

Equifax Bought An Identity Protection Service Just Before Disclosing The Breach

September 26, 2017
Already facing so many questions about a breach that sent much of the U.S. adult population’s personal information into the hands of hackers worldwide, Equifax now gets to answer a...

FTC Launches Investigation Into Equifax Breach

September 15, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the data breach at Equifax that impacted 143 million consumers. According to a news report in Reuters, the move on the...

Visa And Mastercard Warn Of 200K Vulnerable Credit Cards From Equifax Leak

September 15, 2017
Visa and Mastercard are warning financial institutions across the country that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised during the Equifax hack. KrebsOnSecurity broke the news of the confidential alerts,...