Equifax, an American company that offers solutions creditworthiness assessment and protectiontheft has been breached, exposing the personal information of 143 million Americans, or half the country.
It sounds ironic, that the company Equifax, one of the largest companies monitoringς της πιστοληπτικής ικανότητας των πολιτών στις ΗΠΑ, παραδέχθηκε σήμερα ότι είχε υποστεί μια μαζική παραβίαση των δεδομένων της κάπου ανάμεσα στα μέσα Μαΐου και Ιουλίου, και το ανακάλυψε στις 29 Ιουλίου. Ωστόσο, είναι άγνωστο γιατί η Equifax χρειάστηκε 6 εβδομάδες για να ενημερώσει τα millions of affected customers for the massive security breach.
The stolen data includes consumer names, social security numbers, birth dates (for 143 million citizens), and in some cases, driving license numbers, and credit card numbers (for about 209.000 citizens).
The company reported leaked some personal information about residents of Kanda and Britain. In addition, three senior Equifax executives, John Gamble (CFO), Joseph Loughran and Rodolfo Ploder, sold their shares worth about $ 2 million a few days after the company learned about this huge hack.
If you have a relationship with this company or are active in America it is advisable to visit the website http://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com to check if your information has been stolen.
