One would think that having one of the most high-profile breaches in recent memory would make a company take security to heart, but Equifax is full of surprises. The latest is that its MyEquifax.com site, to which the company invites those affected by its poor security practices to freeze and unfreeze their credit, itself has extremely poor security.
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Vulnerable software that helped cause Equifax breach still being used by major U.S. corporations
Someone at these companies, please update your software!
Hundreds of major U.S. corporations are using the same flawed version of server software that led to the 2017 Equifax breach, according to open source software automation firm, Sonatype.
In a report published by TechCrunch, Sonatype’s data shows that two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies downloaded unsecure versions of the software, Apache Struts, in the last six months of 2018. Close to 150 million people had their personal information stolen by hackers who broke into the credit reporting agency’s systems. Some of the data stolen included names, social security numbers, birth dates, and addresses. Read more…
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View More Vulnerable software that helped cause Equifax breach still being used by major U.S. corporationsEquifax filing reveals hack was somehow even worse than previous estimates
The 2017 hack of Equifax, already among the largest ever recorded, just got bigger. Well, they’re admitting that it was bigger than they had previously, which amounts to the same thing. Documents filed with the SEC reveal that more people, more IDs, and more info in general was stolen when the company utterly failed to protect its “users,” many of which didn’t even know they were in the database.
View More Equifax filing reveals hack was somehow even worse than previous estimatesEquifax exec who sold nearly $1 million in shares charged with insider trading
Equifax’s former chief information officer has been indicted for insider trading, making him the first executive to face criminal charges following the company’s massive data breach that exposed the personal data of more than 145 million Americans.
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Equifax launches its credit locking app and extends free credit freezes through June
Today was supposed to be the deadline for Equifax’s free credit freeze offering, but the company has decided to extend the service to consumers for another five months. Now, Equifax customers can request a credit freeze through June 30. Still, January 31 is the last day to cash in on free credit monitoring through Equifax’s TrustedID Premier program. Read More
Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light of Equifax hack
Eyeing more secure alternatives to social security numbers, lawmakers in the U.S. are looking abroad. Today, the Senate Commerce Committee questioned former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Verizon Chief Privacy Officer Karen Zacharia, and both the current and former CEOs of Equifax on how to protect consumers against major data breaches. The consensus was that social security numbers have got to… Read More