Federal Trade Commission

Equifax agrees to pay up to $700 million for data breach 

Equifax, one of the nation’s top three credit reporting agencies, agreed to pay up to $700 million to settle federal and state investigations into the 2017 hack that exposed Social Security numbers and other personal data of almost half the population of the U.S. “Equifax failed to take basic steps that may have prevented the breach,” FTC Chairman Joe Simons said. Click the headline to read more.