South Africa credit bureau breached, data reportedly held for $15M ransom
South Africa tech news site ITWeb reported that a group calling itself N4aughtysecTU is taking responsibility.
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Do credit monitoring and ID protection services do enough for breach victims?
"We need to rethink how consumer data is stewarded," one customer advocate said.
No hacking needed: Someone duped Experian into handing over data in breach affecting 24 million South Africans
For fraudsters looking to swindle big corporations, sometimes it’s just a matter of asking.
Equifax expected to settle breach investigations for $700 million
As part of the settlement, Equifax also must spent $1 billion to improve its digital systems.
Equifax fined maximum penalty under 1998 UK data protection law
The fine amounts to $664,000.
Congress told ‘the market can’t fix’ poor cybersecurity at credit companies
"Consumers are getting taken to the woodshed, companies are making billions of dollars off our data and we've had it," said GOP Oregon Rep. Greg Walden, the…
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Equifax: Hackers got personal data on Brits, too
Hackers who stole Social Security numbers and other poorly secured personal data for 143 million Americans from Equifax got away with the personal information of nearly 700,000…
FBI issues flash alert on Apache Struts vulnerability
A FBI flash alert obtained by CyberScoop shows the FBI is pushing the private sector to close the vulnerability linked to the massive data breach at Equifax
Banking-focused phishing scheme hits inboxes in wake of Equifax breach
It's no surprise that hackers are actively attempting to impersonate legitimate banking companies as they communicate with clients about suspicious account activity.
In wake of Equifax breach, government shines light on entire industry
While law enforcement agents were sent to immediately investigate how and why hackers broke into Equifax, other federal agencies, like the Homeland Security Department, were focusing on…