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Did you hear about the data hack of Equifax? The company is one of the 3 big credit reporting agencies in the U.S. It took place between May and July 2017, but they didn't make it known until now. The company's business is comprised of gathering personal financial information on people and sells that information to banks, lending institutions, and other businesses the average citizen goes to to buy things over time on credit.
Thankfully, the executives of Equifax are very interested in protecting your information . . . or at least their own personal financial well being as the following article documents.
Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed
More stories by Anders MelinSeptember 7, 2017, 5:59 PM EDT
Three Equifax Inc. senior executives sold shares worth almost $1.8 million in the days after the company discovered a security breach that may have compromised information on about 143 million U.S. consumers.
The credit-reporting service said late Thursday in a statement that it discovered the intrusion on July 29. Regulatory filings show that three days later, Chief Financial Officer John Gamble sold shares worth $946,374 and Joseph Loughran, president of U.S. information solutions, exercised options to dispose of stock worth $584,099. Rodolfo Ploder, president of workforce solutions, sold $250,458 of stock on Aug. 2. None of the filings lists the transactions as being part of 10b5-1 pre-scheduled trading plans.
Equifax said in the statement that intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s-license numbers, as well as credit-card numbers for about 209,000 consumers. The incident ranks among the largest cybersecurity breaches in history.
Equifax shares tumbled 6.2 percent to $133.90 in extended trading at 5:50 p.m. in New York. Marisa Salcines, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based company, didn’t immediately return a call for comment.
They didn't immediately return a call for comment ? ! ? ! Shocking ! ! !
As long as these executives are still making money off selling your personal financial information and preserving their exorbitant salaries and benefits, what can they say in their defense of the defenseless actions/inactions and breach of public trust. Maybe if some regulatory agency required them to pay for any losses to consumers and fine the company for Equifax's ineptitude in not protecting your personal information (which you did not voluntarily supply to this company) they'd pay more attention to your personal financial information than their retirement accounts.
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Insider trading ?
If so, they should throw the book at them.
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This hack is extremely serious many people have been put at risk.
Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Hit 143 Million Customers
Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyberattack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency, shedding light on one of the largest and most intrusive breaches in history.Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers, Equifax said in a statement.
Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed, the company said. Equifax shares dropped more than 8 percent in after-hours trading."This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do. I apologize to consumers and our business customers for the concern and frustration this causes," Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith said.
The company set up a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, that consumers can use to determine whether their information was compromised. It’s also offering free credit-file monitoring and identify-theft protection.
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tennyson wrote:
Insider trading ?
If so, they should throw the book at them.
Yea, don't people go to jail for using inside information like that?