FTC warns consumers of scammers offering to remove all negative information from credit reports

Are you eager for your credit report to be “cleaned-up” so lenders and landlords will have a better opinion of your financial responsibility and creditworthiness?

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UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach

Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency Equifax has been issued a £500,000 fine by the UK’s privacy watchdog for its last year’s massive data breach that exposed personal and financial data of hundreds of millions of its customers.

Yes, £500,00… Continue reading UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach

Equifax Suffered Data Breach After It Failed to Patch Old Apache Struts Flaw

The massive Equifax data breach that exposed highly sensitive data of as many as 143 million people was caused by exploiting a flaw in Apache Struts framework, which Apache patched over two months earlier of the security incident, Equifax has confirmed… Continue reading Equifax Suffered Data Breach After It Failed to Patch Old Apache Struts Flaw

Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers

It’s ironic—the company that offers credit monitoring and ID theft protection solutions has itself been compromised, exposing personal information of as many as 143 million Americans—that’s almost half the country.

Equifax, one of the three largest credit reporting firm in the United States, admitted today that it had suffered a massive data breach somewhere between mid-May and July this year

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