All posts tagged "Equifax"
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372Data SecuritySteps to claim the Yahoo data breach compensation; everyone can claim money
According to data protection specialists, Yahoo is about to close a $117.5 million USD settlement to end the class action against them...
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308Data SecurityEquifax will be paying up to $23k USD to each user whose data was compromised
The massive 2017 data breach in Equifax compromised more than 140 million sensitive data, including social security numbers, payment card details, among...
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647Data BreachEquifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement
Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to...
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413Data SecurityBiggest credit reporting firm pays $700M USD data breach fine
Data protection specialists say that, after two years, business advisory firm Equifax has reached an agreement with U.S. government agencies to pay...
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370Data BreachEquifax to Pay Nearly $650 Million as Fine Over 2017 Data Breach
Equifax to pay a massive fine of around $650 million following to the 2017 data breach that exposes 145 million customers record....
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267NewsEquifax’s Nightmare Continues, Credit Rating “Negative”
Since 2017, Hackercombat.com covered the data breach incident of Equifax and all its relevant angles. The latest was just last March 9,...
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386Data SecurityFreedom Mobile leaked millions of card data with CVV codes in plain text
The company claims it does not share user data with others but looks like it does. Another day, another data breach; this...
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261NewsEquifax’s Senate Investigation: What Went Wrong?
Remember Equifax? The ill-fated credit monitoring company, which fell to massive cyberattacks. The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental...
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271Data SecurityManager who worked for Equifax is convicted because insider information abuse
The former Equifax employee used confidential information to make profits In August 2017, a project under the codename “Sparta” was granted to...
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289Data Security£500k fine for Equifax 2017 data breach
The fine was imposed by the British regulatory authorities Equifax, the Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency received a fine of £500k from...
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268NewsICO Slaps Equifax with Maximum Fine for the 2017 Data Breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Equifax £500,000 for its 2017 data breach that affected 15 million Brits. A 2017 cyber-attack...
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206NewsSecurity Patch Released In Core Of Apache Struts
Users of the open-source Apache Struts 2 web app development framework have been urged to update their software following today’s disclosure of...
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321NewsWorse than Equifax: Personal records of 340M people leaked online
Last year the credit reporting firm Equifax revealed how unknown hackers stole a personal data of over 143 million Americans – In...
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246Cyber CrimeYet Another Equifax Employee Accused Of Insider Trading
On June 18, federal prosecutors slapped yet another former employee of Equifax, Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, with charges of a data breach, citing the...
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340Data SecurityTwo Latest Cyber Security Threats & How To Protect Against Them
Cyber security is undoubtedly the backbone of any online businesses – Here are two cyber security threats and how one can tackle them....
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349Data SecurityEquifax reveals additional 2.4 million users impacted from 2017 breach
It looks like the nightmare for Equifax users is far from over as today the consumer credit reporting giant has announced that according to...
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310Data SecurityTurns out Equifax breach was way bigger than initially thought
On July 29th Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States identified that its servers suffered a massive data breach in which...
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704NewsSensitive Data of 123 Million American Households Exposed
In September this year when Equifax servers were hacked it allowed attackers to steal personal details of more than 143 million Americans – That was...
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Articles
After Equifax Breach Woman’s ID got stolen for 15 Times
“I don’t remember if my data has been sold to the dark web or where this goes,” she said. “I keep getting...
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319MalwareEquifax website redirected visitors to fake Flash update, it’s malvertising
Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player...
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303NewsEquifax Website Hacked To Deliver Malware-bearing Flash Update
In May 2017, the website of renowned credit reporting service Equifax was hacked and sensitive, private data of around 150 million of...
