- All the Ways Equifax Epically Bungled Its Breach Response https://www.wired.com/story/equifax-breach-response 7 comments technology
- The Equifax Way: From its inception, Equifax has helped make discrimination a cornerstone of the American economy https://jacobinmag.com/2017/09/equifax-retail-credit-company-discrimination-loans 8 comments politics
- Driver's license, credit card numbers: The Equifax hack is way worse than consumers knew https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/02/10/equifax-hack-put-more-info-risk-than-consumers-knew/326260002/ 11 comments technology
- Driver's license, credit card numbers: The Equifax hack is way worse than consumers knew https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/02/10/equifax-hack-put-more-info-risk-than-consumers-knew/326260002/ 47 comments business
- Equifax faces hundreds of class-action lawsuits and an SEC subpoena over the way it handled its data breach https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/09/equifax-faces-hundreds-of-class-action-lawsuits-and-an-sec-subpoena-over-the-way-it-handled-its-data-breach/ 18 comments technology
- The Trump Administration Just Did Equifax A Huge Favor - Notorious credit-monitoring companies might be able to weasel their way into the mortgage industry. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/equifax-housing-finance_n_5d5596e0e4b0eb875f209cc3 5 comments politics
- Former Equifax executive charged with insider trading. Ying sent a text to a colleague 2 weeks before Equifax revealed the hack, saying it "sounds bad." 3 days later, Ying looked up web to learn ways to commit insider trading. Later that day, he excised all his available stock. http://www.zdnet.com/article/sec-charges-former-equifax-executive-with-insider-trading-after-data-breach/ 16 comments technology
- Equifax could face a massive fine for another security breach — if two top Senate Democrats get their way. A new bill introduced today would give the government more power to police credit-reporting agencies. https://www.recode.net/2018/1/10/16871928/equifax-elizabeth-warren-mark-warner-fine-bill 10 comments technology
- Failure to make necessary upgrades to software code can have dire consequences, such as the major data breach at Equifax. A recent study finds that auto-fix tools are effective ways to get programmers to make the relevant upgrades - if programmers opt to use them. https://phys.org/news/2017-10-auto-fix-tool-programmers-code.html 8 comments programming
- Failure to make necessary upgrades to software code can have dire consequences, such as the major data breach at Equifax. A recent study finds that auto-fix tools are effective ways to get programmers to make the relevant upgrades - if programmers opt to use them. https://phys.org/news/2017-10-auto-fix-tool-programmers-code.html 4 comments technology