Hackers exploited a two-month-old flaw in Equifax's web systems to steal 143 million customer's private data Consumer credit agency Equifax says suffered a massive data breach Leak may have affected 143 million customers and data stolen could include Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and birth dates Hackers exploited a vulnerability in software package Apache Struts after the flaw was announced on March 7 - the same day a patch was released It's not clear whether the credit agency updated their systems to fix the flaw Two months later, hackers stole millions of people's private information CEO and Chairman of Equifax issued an apology and said the company is working with authorities
Mena: I think credit rating agency like Equifax has the best information technology engineers and the best firewall to protect the corporation against hacking but still hackers hacked Equifax who stole the private data (credit card, Social security number, date of birth) of 143 million consumers. Equifax collects and records consumers financial data in order to gave them a credit score that is use by banks to give customers credits and loans.
I think Equifax was hacked by a foreign spy agency or a gang of super hackers because hacking Equifax require great knowledge and sophistication.
Consumer credit agency Equifax says that 143 million consumers may have been affected by massive data breach
The company also said that more than 200,000 credit card numbers were illegally obtained
