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The Equifax data breach occurred between May and July 2017 at the American credit bureau Equifax. Private records of 147.9 million Americans along with 15.2 million British citizens and about 19,000 Canadian citizens were compromised in the breach, making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft.
The Work Number. The Work Number is an American employment verification database created in 1985 by Talx Corporation. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Talx, (now Equifax Workforce Solutions) was acquired by Equifax Inc. in February 2007 for US$ 1.4 billion. [ 4]
The notorious hacking group USDoD claims to have stolen 2.9 billion personal records in the U.S., UK and Canada. If it’s true, nearly every American would have some of their information included ...
That hacker claimed the stolen files include 2.7 billion records, with each listing a person's full name, address, date of birth, Social Security number and phone number, Bleeping Computer said.
The Office of Personnel Management data breach was a 2015 data breach targeting Standard Form 86 (SF-86) U.S. government security clearance records retained by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). One of the largest breaches of government data in U.S. history, the attack was carried out by an advanced persistent threat based ...
In 2017, consumer credit rating giant Equifax suffered one of the country's largest data breaches, exposing the personal information of 147 million U.S. citizens, or roughly 40% of the population ...
The Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., is federal legislation enacted to promote the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of consumer reporting agencies. It was intended to shield consumers from the willful and/or negligent inclusion of erroneous data in their credit reports.
If you were one of the 147 million Americans affected by the 2017 Equifax breach, you've finally got some money coming your way.. The credit reporting agency reached a $700 million settlement with ...