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Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2020

Chinese Military personnel charged with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax

The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The four members of the Chinese military […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2019

Security breach suffered by credit bureau Equifax has cost $1.4 Billion

Equifax revealed its earnings release related to the security breach suffered in 2017, the incident has cost about $1.4 billion plus legal fees. Equifax revealed this week its earnings release related to the security breach suffered by the credit bureau back in 2017, the incident has cost about $1.4 billion plus legal fees. In 2017 Equifax confirmed it has suffered […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2018

New details emerge from Equifax breach, the hack is worse than previously thought

New documents provided by Equifax to senators revealed that the security breach suffered by the firm involved additional data for some customers. In 2017 Equifax confirmed it has suffered a massive data breach, cyber criminals stole sensitive personal records of 145 million belonging to US citizens and hundreds of thousands Canada and in the UK. Attackers exploited the CVE-2017-5638 Apache Struts […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2017

Equifax website redirected visitors to fake Flash update, it’s malvertising

Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. The independent security analyst Randy Abrams discovered an Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. “As I […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2017

Equifax data breach could impact 143 million US consumers

Equifax, one of the three major US consumer credit reporting agencies is the last victim of a data breach that may have affected upwards to 143 million Americans. According to a statement published by the Equifax, crooks exploited an unnamed U.S. website application vulnerability from mid-May to July to access sensitive data in its systems. “Equifax Inc. […]

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Chinese Military personnel charged with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax

Security breach suffered by credit bureau Equifax has cost $1.4 Billion

New details emerge from Equifax breach, the hack is worse than previously thought

Equifax website redirected visitors to fake Flash update, it’s malvertising

Equifax data breach could impact 143 million US consumers

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