Equifax

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Equifax is a US government regulated identity and credit check silo that was breached in 2017 July (or earlier) and exposed over 143 million people’s personal information.

Articles

• https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/equifax-breach-response-turns-dumpster-fire/
• http://www.businessinsider.com/equifax-data-breach-senator-warmer-seeks-ftc-probe-2017-9
• https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/09/12/equifax-apache-struts-flaw/
• https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/09/11/equifax-failed-miserably/
• https://www.databreaches.net/hacked-equifax-data-up-for-sale/

  "They are asking 600 BTC by [2017] September 15, or say they will dump the database."

  [2017] year added for future context.

See Also

• security
• privacy
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax