
Equifax News


Equifax Will Fork Over Up to $700M in U.S. Breach Probe Resolution
Equifax Inc. agreed to pay up to $700 million to resolve U.S. federal and state investigations into the 2017 hack that compromised some of the most sensitive information of more than 140 million ...
Equifax Reaches Data Breach Settlement in Several States; Fines Avoided
Equifax Inc on Wednesday avoided fines in a deal with eight states' banking regulators over a data breach that compromised sensitive data of more than 145 million people, as the credit reporting ...
Equifax Breach Could Be Most Expensive Corporate Hacking Ever
Equifax Inc said it expects costs related to its massive 2017 data breach to surge by $275 million this year, suggesting the incident at the credit reporting bureau could turn out to be the most ...
No Insider Trades Before Cyber Breach Disclosure, SEC Says In New Guidance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday updated guidance to public companies on how and when they should disclose cyber security risks and breaches, including potential weaknesses ...
U.S. Treasury Security Mnuchin Seeks Answers From Consumer Bureau on Equifax Breach
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said he wants to know how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is handling a probe into a hack of credit bureau Equifax Inc after a report that ...
Report: CFPB Pulls Back on Equifax Data Breach Probe
Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, according to ...
Equifax CEO Smith Retires After Massive Cyber Attack
Equifax said on Tuesday its Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith will retire following a massive data breach at the credit reporting firm that exposed personal details of up to 143 million U.S. ...
SEC Discloses Edgar Hack; Thiefs May Have Profited From Stolen Info
The vulnerability of governments and businesses to cyberattacks was exposed again Wednesday when a top U.S. financial regulator said hackers had breached its electronic database of market-moving ...