Equifax Says Cyber Attack May Have Hit 143 Million Customers
Source: Bloomberg
By Tom Giles
September 7, 2017, 4:47 PM EDT September 7, 2017, 5:01 PM EDT
Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cybersecurity incident that may have affected about 143 million U.S. consumers, shedding light on what could be ranked as one of the largest breaches in history.
Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers, Equifax said in a statement. Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed, the company said. Equifax shares dropped more than five percent in after-hours trading.
"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do. I apologize to consumers and our business customers for the concern and frustration this causes," Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith said in the statement.
Criminals took advantage of a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to files during a period stretching from mid-May through July of this year. The intruders accessed credit card information for about 209,000 consumers and dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 consumers, Equifax said.
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Fuck That....................that's not good enough, the websites application portal.............
If you consider only adults over 21 years of age, it's way more than half.
How does Equifax even have that much info? This can't possibly be their customer base. Where and how would they get the data on this many Americans? Something is not right here.
dealer has the information and then from that point forward...............we have this...............
Then we have companies buying that information from who know who................and they send you mailers...............
of any electric or gas company is on your credit report as well. You don't even need to USE credit to be in their data base. The thing is, these credit "worthiness" corporations answer to NO ONE! They're not regulated by anyone. And even if they were, Trump would stop that regulation in a heartbeat. These poor corporations are so over regulated! 
that sorta' sounds like a gastro-intestinal ailment you might contract from eating contaminated flat bread. Sorta' like "The Aztec Quick-Step" from Mexico's water.
Thanks folks, I'll be here for the rest of the week in The Lounge. 
It can't possibly their customer base, so why do they have data on this many Americans?
