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It’s a pretty simple trade model, actually. They assume as much data about you from lenders, aggregate it, and sell it back to them,” said Brett Horn, an enterprise analyst with Morningstar. Equifax had more than $3.1 billion in income last year, largely from selling data to other organizations. Experian’s income came to $4.34 billion, […]
Plenty of consumers decided to go for a credit freeze to prevent identity theft and credit fraud after the unfortunate massive data breach at Equifax, a renowned credit reporting company. However, their worries are far from over since according to the findings of cybersecurity journo Brian Krebs; there is a vulnerability in Experian that allows […]
A flaw in Apache Struts framework caused Exposure of Personal Data of 143 million Equifax customers. Equifax, a credit security agency suffered a massive data breach in July this year in which personal information of about 143 million American consumers was exposed. For this, the firm is also facing a billion dollar lawsuit. Now, according to […]
Equifax reveals hackers recently stole all kinds of sensitive data from its servers. Hackers have stolen the personal details of 143 million people, including their names, social security numbers, birth dates, and home addresses, according to credit monitoring firm Equifax, which disclosed the breach on Thursday. For perspective, that’s nearly half of all Americans. Ironically, Equifax is […]