Equifax breach: Sensitive info, SSNs of 44% of U.S. consumers accessed by attackers

Equifax, one of the three largest American credit agencies, has announced that it has suffered a “cybersecurity incident” affecting some 143 million U.S. consumers. What kind of information was compromised? The attackers gained access to: Names, Social Security numbers (SSNs), birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers for the aforementioned 143 million U.S. individuals. Credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 U.S. consumers Certain dispute documents with personal identifying information for approximately 182,000 … More Continue reading Equifax breach: Sensitive info, SSNs of 44% of U.S. consumers accessed by attackers

Industry reactions to Trump’s executive order on cybersecurity

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order on cybersecurity. Mainly, the order requires a number of cybersecurity reviews across the various agencies of the federal government, in order to determine what must be done to strengthen federal computer systems, as well as United States’ critical infrastructure. Here are some industry reactions to the executive order Help Net Security received. Leo Taddeo, CISO at Cyxtera Technologies What the order does: The very first … More Continue reading Industry reactions to Trump’s executive order on cybersecurity