Wow,this Equifax chronicle just keeps getting worse. MSN is reporting that Equifax had a patch for 2 months that might have prevented the insane security breach that led to the release of private information of about 143 million Americans. The Apache Foundation, a company with oversees "open source software" said it pretty bluntly in a statement released yesterday:"The Equifax data compromise was due to (Equifax') failure to install the security updates if in a timely manner."So they knew it was a problem, and they were given a security update and they chose not to install it. Apparently,the "hole" was patched in early March of this year....but Equifax said the unauthorized access didn't happen until mid-May, a full 2 months later. They have no explanation for why, or once notified of the vulnerability,they hadn't taken steps to protect their customers.
Hackers stole a litany of information that assign victims at risk: social security number, name, or date of birth,etc. So your entire identity. Fantastic.Equifax's response to why they didn't implement the patch:
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Source: crooksandliars.com