Equifax Data Breach
If the previous 12 months have taught us anything, it's that data breaches will likely continue to be a huge…
The government's final report on the Equifax data breach was released this week, more than 14 months after one of…
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story called this a "data breach," when it is actually more of a…
If you've taken steps to protect yourself from identity fraud in the wake of the Equifax data breach, you may…
It's official. All Americans can freeze their credit for free. The changes, which were slated earlier this year to go…
Months after the Equifax data breach, consumers are taking the Atlanta-based company to small claims court — and winning. A…
Embedded in a new law meant to loosen banking regulations is a provision that allows parents or guardians to place…
Responding to the outcry in the wake of the Equifax data breach, Congress voted yesterday to make credit freezes free…
We thought it couldn't get any worse, but once again, we were wrong. The Equifax data breach exposed far more…
The personal information of millions of Americans has been at the heart of two of the biggest controversies in the…
Equifax may soon be the subject of a legal pile-on after a judge ruled this week that a lawsuit against…
As we have chronicled over the past several months, congressional scrutiny of the Equifax data breach has ebbed and flowed…
Even in the new year, the knocks keep coming for Equifax. This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged…
The Equifax data breach has been a sobering reminder for consumers to be more vigilant than ever about protecting their…
After months of wrangling by lawmakers in Washington, a silver lining may be on the horizon for consumers across the…
An additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by the Equifax data breach, the company announced Thursday, citing the results of a…
Last fall, the Equifax data breach sent a shock to the financial system when it was announced that criminals hacked…
As technology becomes more enmeshed with personal finance, cybersecurity breaches are becoming more prevalent. While there's usually significant media coverage…
Five months after the disclosure of the massive Equifax data breach, federal scrutiny of how the credit-reporting bureau allowed the…
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story was unclear about the offerings from Equifax post-January 31, 2018. The post…
More than four months after the disclosure of the Equifax data breach, state legislatures around the country are starting to…
Credit bureau press releases don't normally get too much attention, but one issued by Equifax Inc. on September 7, 2017,…
Three months after the Equifax data breach, in which as many as 145.5 million Americans had their personal information exposed,…
After the year Equifax has had, you'd think the Atlanta-based credit-reporting agency would have mastered its messaging by now, but…
Protecting your personal information may have always been top of mind for you but in the aftermath of the Equifax…
A woman in Washington state is speaking out after falling victim to identity theft around 15 times since early September, according…
A security researcher who previously exposed Equifax's cybersecurity vulnerabilities is speaking out in the wake of the massive data breach,…
In the aftermath of the Equifax data breach, consumers are understandably skittish about cybersecurity and the safety of their personal…
It's no secret that the cybersecurity landscape has drastically changed for consumers since the Equifax data breach, which put 145.5 million people…
A recent study on young adults and technology reveals that millennials, generally thought to be more tech-saavy, are lax about…
