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Equifax Already Being Sued Over Massive Breach; Company Criticized For Amateurish Response To Theft
https://consumerist.com/2017/09/08/equifax-already-being-sued-over-massive-breach-company-criticized-for-amateurish-response-to-theft/
Within hours of Equifax — one of the nation’s three major credit bureaus — confirming that the records of some 143 million people had been compromised in a data breach, the company now faces a lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect its stockpile of sensitive consumer information. Meanwhile, some critics are saying that Equifax’s response to the breach may be causing more harm than good.
The potential class action complaint [PDF] was filed Thursday afternoon at a federal court in Oregon with two of that state’s residents as the named plaintiffs. It aims to represent others who may be “harmed by Equifax’s failure to adequately protect their credit and personal information.”