Monday, October 2, 2017

Credit rating agency Equifax was hit by the mother of all hacks. As many as 143 million consumers — mostly Americans, but some UK and Canadian residents — were affected by a data breach involving highly sensitive and personal information. Not to be outdone, the company fumbled its incident response and remediation effort. Its support website looked like a phishing site, Its data breach checking tool didn't work, and the company was forced to pull a clause from its site that effectively prevented aggrieved customers from suing the company.

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<p>Credit rating agency Equifax was hit by the mother of all hacks. As many <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/credit-rating-firm-equifax-reveals-breach-as-many-as-143-million-affected/" target="_blank">as 143 million consumers</a> — mostly Americans, but some UK and Canadian residents — were affected by a data breach involving highly sensitive and personal information. Not to be outdone, the company fumbled <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/security-firm-mandiant-said-to-be-helping-equifax-in-hack-aftermath/" target="_blank">its incident response</a> and remediation effort. Its support website <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/equifaxs-big-fat-fail-how-not-to-handle-a-data-breach/" target="_blank">looked like a phishing site</a>, Its data breach checking tool <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/we-tested-equifax-data-breach-checker-it-is-basically-useless/" target="_blank">didn
The total number of US consumers impacted by the breach comes to 145.5 million, the company says.

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