Equifax faces criminal probe after executives sold off stocks before disclosing data breach

Equifax faces criminal probe after executives sold off stocks before disclosing data breach

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https://www.vox.com/technology/2017/9/18/16328170/equifax-credit-data-breach-justice-department

Company executives are under investigation by the Justice Department.

The Justice Department is investigating whether senior executives at the credit monitoring company Equifax, which is already under fire for its handling of a mammoth security breach, broke insider trading laws, according to sources at Bloomberg.

Equifax faces criminal probe after executives sold off stocks before disclosing data breach

Sep 18, 2017, 6:45pm UTC
https://www.vox.com/technology/2017/9/18/16328170/equifax-credit-data-breach-justice-department >Company executives are under investigation by the Justice Department. >The Justice Department is investigating whether senior executives at the credit monitoring company Equifax, which is already under fire for its handling of a mammoth security breach, broke insider trading laws, according to sources at Bloomberg.