Thursday, September 7, 2017

Equifax data breach affecting 143 Millions US consumers

Summary of breach from article:
  • Equifax said data on 143 million U.S. customers was obtained in a breach [SSN, DoB, DL, Card Numbers)
  • The breach was discovered July 29.
  • Personal data including birth dates, credit card numbers and more were obtained in the breach.
  • Three Equifax executives sold shares in the company days after the breach was discovered [over 2+M]
  • And Stocks dropped 13% to $124

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/09/07/credit-reporting-firm-equifax-says-cybersecurity-incident-could-potentially-affect-143-million-us-consumers.html

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