A House Oversight Committee report out Monday has concluded that Equifax’s security practices and policies were sub-par and its systems were old and out-of-date, and bothering with basic security measures — like patching vulnerable systems — could’ve prevented its massive data breach last year. It comes a little over a year after Equifax, one of the world’s largest credit rating agencies, confirmed its systems had fallen to hackers.
Equifax Breach Was ‘entirely Preventable’ Had It Used Basic Security Measures, Says House Report
Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch
Mon, 12/10/2018 - 2:20pm
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