NEW YORK -- Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting companies, said this week that a major data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other important information of millions of people.

ATLANTA – A former manager at Equifax was sentenced to 8 months of home confinement, fined $50,000 and ordered to pay nearly $76,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to insider trading. Sudhakar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Following a data breach exposing the social security numbers of millions, the credit bureau at fault will ...

The former chairman and CEO of Equifax says the company was entrusted with personal information of 140 million Americans and "we let them down" as human error and ...

(NEXSTAR) – It’s a good time to check your junk mail. According to an email sent Monday, some people will be receiving another piece of the $700 million Equifax data breach settlement. The initial ...

(Reuters) - Equifax Inc faced a storm of criticism on Friday over a hack that may have compromised personal data for some 143 million Americans, with consumers clamoring for answers and cyber security ...

People who filed claims after the 2017 Equifax data breach may be eligible for additional settlement payments. The Equifax data breach, which occurred in 2017, compromised the personal information of ...

NEW YORK -- Credit reporting agency Equifax is ousting CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging data breach that exposed highly sensitive information about 143 million ...

(NEXSTAR) – Equifax has started alerting people of more money waiting for them from a massive fund the credit reporting agency paid to settle a data breach. The data breach, announced back in 2017, ...

After the year Equifax has had, you’d think the Atlanta-based credit-reporting agency would have mastered its messaging by now, but a stunning admission offered recently by a top executive illustrates ...

The company’s data will be essential for many states to comply with new work requirements for the health insurance program that take effect next year. By Sarah Kliff, Margot Sanger-Katz and Asmaa ...