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Senate Investigation Shows Equifax Knew about Security Risks for Years

March 7, 2019 Equifax , data breach , US Senate , cybersecurity , homeland security , security risks , Equifax breach , Equifax security , Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Equifax investigation , Mark Begor , critical vulnerabilities , high vulnerabilities , Senate investigation , patch management , Government Affairs Subcommittee , Government Affairs John H. Oldshue

The Senate conducted a thorough investigation into the Equifax data breach that affected 145 million people. According to the report, “Equifax was aware of cybersecurity weaknesses for years” before the breach occurred in 2017. In October 2015, Equifax conducted an audit of their patch management processes to assess cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Prior to that, the former

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