NEW YORK -- Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting companies, said this week that a major data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other important information of millions of people.

ATLANTA – A former manager at Equifax was sentenced to 8 months of home confinement, fined $50,000 and ordered to pay nearly $76,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to insider trading. Sudhakar ...

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Allegations serve as reminder to investors affected by CIRO breach to review inquiries to their credit reports ...

People who filed claims after the 2017 Equifax data breach may be eligible for additional settlement payments. The Equifax data breach, which occurred in 2017, compromised the personal information of ...

This Friday marks the one year anniversary of the Equifax data breach announcement. Nearly half the country, just shy of 150 million consumers had their information compromised. The company was ...

(NEXSTAR) – It’s a good time to check your junk mail. According to an email sent Monday, some people will be receiving another piece of the $700 million Equifax data breach settlement. The initial ...

After the year Equifax has had, you’d think the Atlanta-based credit-reporting agency would have mastered its messaging by now, but a stunning admission offered recently by a top executive illustrates ...

Senator Maggie Hassan’s report exposes how data brokers’ practices—and failures—have fueled scams and identity theft, ...

Back in July 2017, credit reporting giant Equifax learned its database had been hacked and sensitive information on nearly 150 million Americans stolen. That information included names, addresses, ...

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