2017 Equifax data breach
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title:
2017 Equifax data breach
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Between May and July 2017, American credit bureau Equifax was breached. 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. Equifax discovered the breach end of July, but did not disclose it to the public until September 2017. In a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission, Equifax offered affected users settlement
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Major cybersecurity incident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Equifax_data_breach
date created:
2018-05-29T19:36:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T11:20:08Z
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