Equifax Data Breach: Security Brief

On September 7, 2017, a large-scale data breach was announced. Equifax, one of the three major credit reporting agencies, revealed that a data breach may have affected 143 million consumers by exposing Social Security numbers and other personal information. This equates to 44% of the entire U.S. population that had their personally identifiable information (PII) stolen.

You'll Learn:

• What Equifax revealed
• Who was affected
• How the breach occured
• Steps you can take to protect your personal information