Equifax

Equifax

The data containing credit records of 146 million customers of Equifax were exposed in a cyber security breach attack.

The stolen data can be used by attackers for phishing emails, scam calls, or any fraudulent activity on credit cards.

Source: https://www2.stetson.edu/today/2017/09/scam-of-the-week-equifax-data-breach/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/Equifax

"id": "equ151510222",
"linkid": "Equifax",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
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                        'industry': 'Credit Reporting',
                        'name': 'Equifax',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '146 million',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Credit Records']},
 'description': 'The data containing credit records of 146 million customers '
                'of Equifax were exposed in a cyber security breach attack. '
                'The stolen data can be used by attackers for phishing emails, '
                'scam calls, or any fraudulent activity on credit cards.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Credit Records']},
 'motivation': ['Phishing',
                'Scam Calls',
                'Fraudulent Activity on Credit Cards'],
 'title': 'Equifax Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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