The U.S. Department of Justice said that four members of the People’s Liberation Army, an arm of the Chinese military, have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency, and stealing personal information of tens…
The Federal Trade Commission announced that Equifax Inc. has agreed to pay at least $575 million, and potentially up to $700 million, as part of a global settlement with the FTC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and 50 states…
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit credit reference agency Equifax with a GB£500,000 fine for the 2017 data breach. Equivalent to US$660,000, the fine is the largest ever imposed by the ICO and is the maximum permitted under…