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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on February 18, 2019, 05:25:22 pm

Title: The great Equifax mystery: 17 months later, the stolen data has never been found, and experts are st
Post by: Free Vulcan on February 18, 2019, 05:25:22 pm

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On Sept. 7, 2017, the world heard an alarming announcement from credit ratings giant Equifax: In a brazen cyberattack, somebody had stolen sensitive personal information from more than 140 million people, nearly half the population of the U.S.

It was the consumer data security scandal of the decade. The information included Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, information from credit disputes and other personal details. CEO Richard Smith stepped down under fire. Lawmakers changed credit freeze laws and instilled new regulatory oversight of credit ratings agencies.

Then, something unusual happened. The data disappeared. Completely....

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/equifax-mystery-where-is-the-data.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/equifax-mystery-where-is-the-data.html)

Title: Re: The great Equifax mystery: 17 months later, the stolen data has never been found, and experts ar
Post by: LadyLiberty on February 18, 2019, 08:31:05 pm

I hope this theory is correct since my account was identified as compromised.