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This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. Attacks launched by cybercriminals wreak havoc and cause disruption as more of everyday life moves online.
The move came after an independent security analyst on Wednesday found part of Equifax's website was under the control of attackers trying to trick visitors into installing fraudulent Adobe Flash updates that could infect computers with malware, the technology news website Ars Technica reported. "We are aware of the situation identified on the equifax.com website in the credit report assistance link," Equifax spokesman Wyatt Jefferies said in an email.
Protest leaders in St. Louis say the arrest of a clergyman who was taken to the ground and subdued with pepper spray is the latest incident in which police have been responsible for "unnecessary and dangerous... Protest leaders in St. Louis say the arrest of a clergyman who was taken to the ground and subdued with pepper spray is the latest incident in which police have been responsible for "unnecessary and dangerous violence" against demonstrators. The former chairman and CEO of Equifax says the millions of Americans affected by the data breach are not just numbers in a database, but friends, family, neighbors and members of his church.
Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the massive data breach at Equifax , which potentially exposed the personal information of up to 143 million Americans, including their Social Security and driver's license numbers. United States Attorney John A. Horn, the federal prosecutor in Atlanta, said in a statement that his office was working with the F.B.I. to investigate the cyberattack.
The massive data breach at Equifax Inc. is "exhibit A" on why regulation is essential in the U.S. free-market economy, second-ranking Senate Democrat Dick Durbin said Monday. "We are duty-bound to step in on behalf of innocent citizens who are going to pay a price," Durbin said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
The credit-monitoring company, which revealed on Thursday a massive cyberattack on its national database, took heat from a host of elected officials for offering to help victims of the attack - but only if they gave up their right to sue the Atlanta company. The company, which said it discovered the hack in July, set up a special site to offer free credit monitoring to victims of the attack.
Equifax is blaming an unspecified "website application vulnerability" in hackers' ability to get personal information on 143 million Americans. Security experts say it's hard to say for sure without more information, but such vulnerabilities typically don't require a lot of sophistication to exploit.