In late July the Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center was hit with a ransomware attack that not only locked up patient records, but may have also exposed their personal information.
Federal investigators have warned the Atlanta Public School system that all 6,000 of its employees may have had their personal information compromised due to a phishing scam.
The sole source contract was awarded at the end of September, even after the credit reporting company disclosed a breach that exposed the information of 145.5 million U.S. consumers.
Former Equifax CEO and Chairman Richard Smith sat before a house committee today where he was taken to task for his actions during the period when his company exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people.
The login credentials and other inside information of more than 6,000 Indian ISPs, government departments and businesses is being advertised for sale on DarkNet.
The news that the total number of people potentially impacted by the Equifax breach has increased 2.5 million to 145.5 million comes the day the company's former CEO is set to testify before Congress.
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