The Apache Software Foundation Blog: Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach (and More)
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The Apache Software Foundation Blog: Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
The Apache Struts Project Management Committee (PMC) would like to comment on the Equifax security breach, its relation to the Apache Struts Web Framework and associated media coverage.
We are sorry to hear news that Equifax suffered from a security breach and information disclosure incident that was potentially carried out by exploiting a vulnerability in the Apache Struts Web Framework. At this point in time it is not clear which Struts vulnerability would have been utilized, if any.
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How to freeze your credit after a data breach
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The Banality of the Equifax Breach
Consumer data breaches have become so frequent, the anger and worry once associated with them has turned to apathy. So when Equifax revealed late Thursday that a breach exposed personal data, including social-security numbers, for 143 million Americans, public shock was diluted by resignation.
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There’s No Excuse For Equifax’s Catastrophic Breach, Say Experts
Equifax should have seen this coming from miles away, analysts and security researchers say.
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Equifax Breach Exposes 143 Million People to Identity Theft
Credit monitoring company Equifax has been hit by a high-tech heist that exposed the Social Security numbers and other sensitive information about 143 million Americans. Now the unwitting victims have to worry about the threat of having their identities stolen.
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Equifax waited 5 weeks to admit it had doxed 44% of America, did nothing to help us while its execs sold stock
[...] and then, in the five weeks between discovering the breach and disclosing it, the company allowed its top execs to sell millions of dollars' worth of stock in the company, while preparing a risibly defective and ineffective website that provides no useful information to the people whom Equifax has put in grave financial and personal danger through their recklessness.
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The Equifax Breach Exposes America's Identity Crisis
"The card was never intended to serve as a personal identification document," the Administration says on its website. "The universality of SSN ownership has in turn led to the SSN's adoption by private industry as a unique identifier. Unfortunately, this universality has led to abuse."
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Data Breach at Equifax Credit Reporting Agency Threatens 143 Million Americans
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US credit info provider leaks 143m user details
Commenting on the incident, Dr Richard Ford, chief scientist of Forcepoint, told iTWire: “The unfortunate Equifax breach is just another embodiment of the threat environment that organisations face every day – this is the new normal.
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Equifax’s Historic Hack May Have Exposed Almost Half of U.S.
According to a person familiar with the breach investigation, Equifax appears to have been targeted initially because the company keeps on file millions of active cards, belonging to people who pay $19.95 or more per month to have Equifax monitor their credit reports and alert them to potential fraud. The hack, which the company says took place in late July, put as many as 143 million consumers -- or half the U.S. population -- at risk.
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Equifax data breach hits nearly half of US – and isn’t over yet
There’s a bigger elephant in the room. “By my calculation it’s been 960 hours (40 days) between Equifax finding out about the breach and warning the public,” wrote Cluley on his blog.
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Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers
Equifax, one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, said on Thursday that hackers had gained access to company data that potentially compromised sensitive information for 143 million American consumers, including Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers.
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