Stories Tagged as
Equifax
Consumers are gravitating back to plastic for spending splurges
by
Matt Levin
Jul 8, 2021
The Federal Reserve said total consumer credit rose by 10% in May. And lenders issued roughly 6 million new credit cards in March, according to Equifax.
DOJ says China was behind the Equifax data breach
by
Amy Scott
Feb 10, 2020
Cybersecurity experts say there are lots of reasons China might have wanted that data, including to help identify American spies.
Not much has changed since the 2017 Equifax breach
Jul 22, 2019
Cyber security experts warn that consumers are as vulnerable to hacking now as they were back then.
Protecting your identity: the difference between a credit lock and a credit freeze
by
Janet Nguyen
Sep 24, 2018
The three major credit agencies now allow you to freeze your credit for free.
Is your data safer today than when the Equifax data breach was announced a year ago?
by
Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2018
The breach affected 147 million people. Here's what's happened since.
The Equifax breach happened a year ago. If you’re still frozen, you’re not alone.
by
Renata Sago
Sep 6, 2018
Many consumers are keeping their credit frozen, just to be safe.
The way credit scores are calculated is changing
by
Justin Ho
Aug 15, 2018
The New York Fed says fewer kinds of missed payments are showing up on credit scores.
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Treasury intervention could give more help to data breach victims
by
Justin Ho
Aug 2, 2018
This week, the Treasury Department issued recommendations to protect consumers from big data breaches, like the ones we’ve seen at Equifax and Target. Among the Treasury Department’s recommendations: creating a national standard for handling the aftermath of data breaches. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
FICO’s grip on mortgage credit scores challenged
Mar 14, 2018
Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac consider one credit score when determining the creditworthiness of mortgage applicants: FICO. Some members of Congress want to change that by adding a provision to a bank deregulation bill that would require Fannie and Freddie to also look at applicants’ VantageScore. The company that calculates VantageScores is […]
Shouldn’t a company have to tell you when it’s been hacked?
by
Molly Wood
Mar 1, 2018
Here are three reasons why there should be breach-notification law.