At this point, if you haven't heard of the Equifax data
breach, it could only be because you have rightfully been glued to
the coverage of (or living through) Hurricane Irma, Harvey or
Jose.
On September 7, 2017, Equifax revealed that it was the subject
of a cybersecurity breach over the summer. What people may not know
or appreciate is that the Equifax breach is one of the, if not the,
most significant and dangerous data breaches to date. While there
were over 146 million files breached, it's the highly sensitive
and lucrative information at issue and the fact that many people
may not even know Equifax has information on them. The nature and
scope of information subject to the breach is everything one needs
to steal your identity, buy items in your name, and clean out your
bank accounts. For U.S. consumers alone, approximately 143 million
names, birth dates, addresses and social security numbers were
accessed by hackers.
