Equifax’s May Mega-Breach Might Trace to March Hack Intrusion Eyed as Beachhead for Theft of 143 Million US Consumers’ Data Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • September 21, 2017 Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Credit Eligible Get Permission Equifax CEO Richard Smith Hackers responsible for the mega-breach at Equifax may not have penetrated its systems in May, as the credit bureau previously stated, but rather in March, after which they roamed through the companies’ systems, undetected for four months.

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