Equifax Hack: What Happened?
On Sept 7, 2017, Equifax announced that they were victims of a security breach. If you are unfamiliar with who they are, check out our page on them here. 143 Million Americans, 400 Thousand Britons and 100 Thousand Canadians had their information stolen from their servers. The information stolen included: Names, addresses, birthdates, SIN/SS#s and in some cases- Credit Card information.
The security breach originally occurred sometime in Mid-May/ Early June. Equifax only learned about it on July 29. They then waited over a month to disclose that information to the public.
On Sept 7, 2017, Equifax announced that they were victims of a security breach. If you are unfamiliar with who they are, check out our page on them here. 143 Million Americans, 400 Thousand Britons and 100 Thousand Canadians had their information stolen from their servers. The information stolen included: Names, addresses, birthdates, SIN/SS#s and in some cases- Credit Card information.
The security breach originally occurred sometime in Mid-May/ Early June. Equifax only learned about it on July 29. They then waited over a month to disclose that information to the public.