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According to data protection specialists, Yahoo is about to close a $117.5 million USD settlement to end the class action against them due to a series of security breaches that affected the company’s users between 2012 and 2016. If you operated a Yahoo account during that period, you are likely to be eligible to receive […]
The massive 2017 data breach in Equifax compromised more than 140 million sensitive data, including social security numbers, payment card details, among others. Recently, data protection specialists reported that the company had reached an agreement with U.S. government agencies, an agreement that included payment of about $650M USD for damage repair. One of the highlights […]
Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans—that’s almost half the country. According to an […]
Data protection specialists say that, after two years, business advisory firm Equifax has reached an agreement with U.S. government agencies to pay around $700M USD due to massive data breach happened in the company in 2017. The agreement involves bodies such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Protection Bureau, and several states’ attorney […]
Equifax to pay a massive fine of around $650 million following to the 2017 data breach that exposes 145 million customers record. The exposed data includes names, addresses, driver license numbers, and Social Security numbers. The company is expected to pay around $650 million to settle for Federal, state investigations and customer claims that associated […]
Since 2017, Hackercombat.com covered the data breach incident of Equifax and all its relevant angles. The latest was just last March 9, 2019, when the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released their committee report about the result of its probe of the incident. The report included not only the embarrassing situation […]
The company claims it does not share user data with others but looks like it does. Another day, another data breach; this time an unprotected database has been discovered leaking personal and financial data of millions of Canadians. Identified by researchers at vpnMentor along with hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar; the database belonged to […]
Remember Equifax? The ill-fated credit monitoring company, which fell to massive cyberattacks. The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released their committee report titled: “How Equifax Neglected Cybersecurity and Suffered A Devastating Data Breach”, containing the result of its investigation on how Equifax fell from grace and was forced to file […]
The former Equifax employee used confidential information to make profits In August 2017, a project under the codename “Sparta” was granted to Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, a production development manager who collaborated with Equifax’s software management team, according to reports of digital forensics specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security. Bonthu’s bosses told him that the project […]
The fine was imposed by the British regulatory authorities Equifax, the Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency received a fine of £500k from the UK’s privacy control agency for massive data breach that the company suffered last year, an incident that exposed personal and financial data of hundreds of millions of its clients, as reported by […]
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 exposed information belonging to 146 million people around the world, mostly in the US. Some of the compromised systems were also US-based. But the ICO ruled Equifax’s UK branch stated that “Equifax failed […]
Users of the open-source Apache Struts 2 web app development framework have been urged to update their software following today’s disclosure of a critical remote code execution vulnerability that leaves commonly used endpoints prone to exploitation. Discovered last April 10 by Man Yue Mo, security researcher at software analytics firm Semmle, the flaw is the […]
Last year the credit reporting firm Equifax revealed how unknown hackers stole a personal data of over 143 million Americans – In another incident, sensitive data of 123 million American Households were leaked online. Now, Exactis, a Florida based marketing firm is being blamed for exposing personal information of over 340 million people online – The […]
On June 18, federal prosecutors slapped yet another former employee of Equifax, Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, with charges of a data breach, citing the man colluded with insider trading. The charges came just four months after the former CIO of Equifax was accused of similar charges. According to authorities, Bonthu’s illegal activities contributed to the now legendary data breach. […]
Cyber security is undoubtedly the backbone of any online businesses – Here are two cyber security threats and how one can tackle them. As criminals become more focused on the use of technology to commit a crime, online security has never been more essential. Private individuals and big businesses alike should constantly be looking at the […]
It looks like the nightmare for Equifax users is far from over as today the consumer credit reporting giant has announced that according to its ongoing investigation, there are 2.4 million additional Equifax customers impacted by the massive 2017 data breach. Initially, Equifax claimed that 143 million Americans, which is over 40% of the entire population of the United States, […]
On July 29th Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States identified that its servers suffered a massive data breach in which hackers stole a massive trove of data belonging to American citizens including names, date of birth, drivers license numbers, credit card data, and addresses. Equifax only revealed the incident to its customers on […]
In September this year when Equifax servers were hacked it allowed attackers to steal personal details of more than 143 million Americans – That was over 40% of the entire population of the United States. Now, the Cyber Risk Team at UpGuard have discovered a massive trove of data belonging to households in which personal and sensitive details […]
“I don’t remember if my data has been sold to the dark web or where this goes,” she said. “I keep getting letters from Kohl’s, from Macy’s, from Old Navy saying, ‘Thank you for your request.’” But she says she’s nevermore applied for credit from any of those areas. Instead, Van Fleet and her attorney […]
Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. The independent security analyst Randy Abrams discovered an Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. “As I tried to […]
In May 2017, the website of renowned credit reporting service Equifax was hacked and sensitive, private data of around 150 million of its US customers was hacked due to an old Apache flaw. The data hacked included names, Social Security numbers and other personal info. The company received backlash from left right and center over […]