The Fall of Equifax, And Why The Hacking Manifesto Must Come To An End I can’t believe we have to deal with this all over again. Anomalies regarding the information leak from Equifax revealed a staggering number of 75% of US adults were victims of personal information...
Our entire credit bureau system is broken This week saw the biggest public breach in the history of credit reporting, as Equifax reported a hack affecting as many as 143 million customers. The hack exposed Social Security numbers, birthdays, and, in some cases, even...
Equifax’s Mega-Breach Was Made Possible by a Website Flaw It Could Have Fixed Good website security is tough, but the consequences of bad website security can be far tougher. That appears to be one of the big lessons coming out the debacle surrounding Equifax’s...
Equifax Isn’t the Only Personal Information Breach — I’ll Do a Dark Web Search For Free For My Radio Listeners Last week, we started providing Dark Web searches for listeners to my radio show. Both Equifax and Experian have had major data breaches which,...