{"id":2161,"date":"2017-11-17T10:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T10:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2017-11-17T10:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T10:33:35","slug":"equifax-data-hack-damage-has-only-just-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/equifax-data-hack-damage-has-only-just-begun","title":{"rendered":"Equifax data hack: the damage has only just begun…"},"content":{"rendered":"

“On a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of risks to consumers, this is a 10”<\/em><\/strong> – says fraud analyst, Avivah Litan on the Equifax data hack.<\/p>\n

It has been months since the Equifax hack<\/a>, but calamity isn’t about to quieten down anytime soon as the hacking exposed confidential information belonging to some 145 million customers, including almost 700,000 in the U.K.<\/p>\n

This particular breach is distinct to others because of the wealth of information stolen combined with the company’s somewhat questionable attempts to mitigate the damage…
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Questionable handling of the breach<\/h2>\n

Equifax’s interim CEO, Paulino do Rego Barros Jr, was asked whether consumer data was now being encrypted, to which he admitted “I don\u2019t know at this stage.”<\/p>\n

Not a good sign…<\/p>\n

The company’s epic failings continued long after the breach when their official Twitter feed was linking people to the wrong website having set one up for people to check out information about the breach. This is on top of the simple fact that cybercriminals were not exactly faced with much of a challenge when they exploited a known vulnerability that Equifax failed to patch up<\/strong>. Hackers managed to access an obscene amount of information, and the stolen data is enough to do some serious damage to the victims involved.<\/p>\n

Data stolen<\/h3>\n

Hacked data included:<\/p>\n

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