Oct 03 How the Equifax hack happened, according to its CEO By Erica R. Hendry In a prepared testimony ahead of his appearance before a congressional panel, former Equifax CEO Richard Smith said he was "deeply sorry" about last month's data breach. But how exactly did that happen? Smith offers his own version of events. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: Former Equifax CEO says sale of company stock was unrelated to massive data breach By Joshua Barajas Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith's first hearing on Capitol Hill will be before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday. It is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET. Watch the hearing here. Continue reading
Oct 02 2.5 million more Americans may be affected by Equifax hack, company says By Ken Sweet, Associated Press The update comes as Equifax's former CEO, Richard Smith, who announced his retirement last month, will testify in front of Congress starting Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Equifax CEO retires after massive breach of consumer data By Joshua Barajas The chief executive of Equifax is out after a massive data breach compromised the personal information of 143 million Americans. Continue reading
Sep 22 After Equifax breach, Congress unlikely to pass new rules to protect consumer data By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Several bills unveiled after Equifax are so far missing a key ingredient for success: Republican co-sponsors. Continue reading
Sep 13 Affected by the Equifax hack? Here’s what to do now By Lora Strum, Dan Cooney It’s been several months since credit reporting agency Equifax discovered a data breach that compromised the personal information -- names, addresses, birth dates and social security numbers -- of more than 145 million people. Here's what we know now. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Did the Equifax hack put your personal data at risk? Here’s what to do now. By PBS News Hour Half of all Americans could have had their sensitive data compromised by a security breach at the credit reporting agency Equifax. William Brangham joins John Yang to discuss what happened and what consumers should do to safeguard their credit. Continue watching
Sep 07 Hackers accessed personal data from 143 million Equifax customers. Here’s what we know. By Erica R. Hendry One of the country's major credit reporting agencies said hackers had accessed the names, birth dates, addresses, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, driver's license numbers of some 143 million customers… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: Equifax data hacked for roughly 143 million Americans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, more than a third of the U.S. population could be affected by a data breach of the credit monitoring firm Equifax. The company says intruders gained access to customer information, including social security numbers and… Continue watching