A review of the Equifax data breach and safeguards you should take.

在2017年的时候，信用机构Equifax发生了大规模的数据泄密事件。这件事件有多严重呢？总共1.47亿人的用户信息（包括姓名、社保号码、出生日期、居住地址甚至是一部分民众的驾驶证件号码与信用卡号码）被泄密。这可是一半美国人的数量！ 不知道是不幸还是幸运，我也在被泄密的名单上。 不幸的是，我的个人信息可能会被不法份子盗用，用于不法的事情。

Credit score agency Equifax has agreed to pay up to $700m (£561m) as part of a settlement with a US regulator following a data breach in 2017. The Federal Trade Commission had alleged the Atlanta-based

From Slate: Go claim your $125 from Equifax. Right now. Even if $125 isn’t a sum of money that matters to you, even if you don’t feel you were really directly affected by the breach. Even if the prospect

In my opinion this is a step in the right direction! The only thing that can ensure sufficient funding of infosec in organizations is a monetary incentive not to drop the ball/not to get fined! Equifax

News just came in: Equifax will pay $650 Million fine for their negligence in computer security that lead to exposing sensitive information of 148 million Americans (YES, you read that right, that's half

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Equifax can still be better. Its customer service representatives failed to understand even the content of my dispute. #Equifax #share2steem #disputes Rhett Wilkinson Posted from Twitter via Share2Steem

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The credit system in the United States is broken. Okay, that sounds a little hyperbolic so I'll walk it back a step - the credit system is weighted against you so that it is easier to fail than it is to

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Last year the consumer credit bureau Equifax was hacked and consequently the personal data of more than 150 million people was leaked. Many Americans in the country felt let down by the company. After