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The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer is Real, For Now

December 20, 2022 0 Comments Data Breaches, Equifax breach, equifax class action settlement, myprepaidcenter.com, other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:08:40 +0000

Millions of people likely just received an email or snail mail notice saying they’re eligible to claim a class action payment in connection with the 2017 megabreach at consumer credit bureau Equifax. Given the high volume of reader inquiries about this, it seemed worth pointing out that while this particular offer is legit (if paltry), scammers are likely to soon capitalize on public attention to the settlement money.

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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

February 10, 2020 0 Comments coronavirus, Data Breaches, Equifax breach, fbi deputy director david bowdich, fbi director christopher wray, jun ying, liu lei, sudhakar reddy bonthu, u.s. attorney general bill barr, u.s. justice department, wang qian, wu zhiyong, xu ke

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:25:52 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. DOJ officials said the four men were responsible for carrying out the largest theft of sensitive personal information by state-sponsored hackers ever recorded.

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A week in security (July 29 – August 4)

August 5, 2019 0 Comments android q, atm attacks, board of directors, capital one, Equifax, Equifax breach, exploit kit, exploit kits, germanwiper, government cybersecurity, Lord exploit kit, Magecart, MageCart attacks, Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:44:37 +0000

A roundup of security news from July 29 – August 4 including Capital One breach, Lord Exploit Kit, more Magecart skimming, ATM attacks, QR code scams, and Equifax payout.

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Capital One breach exposes over 100 million credit card applications

August 2, 2019 0 Comments Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon web services, AWS, capital one, Capital One data breach, data breach, EC2, Equifax, Equifax breach, fintech, iam, identity access management, Paige Thompson, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The Capital One data breach is an exceptional example, if only because of how much we already know. Not only that, but the breach happened to one of the technical front-runners in banking.

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Tags: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon web services aws Capital One Capital One data breach data breach EC2 Equifax Equifax breach fintech iam identity access management Paige Thompson