The recent data breach that struck the credit rating service Equifax has, once again, resurrected a popular political adage: never let a crisis go to waste.
On Sept. 7, Equifax announced a cyber-security incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files, the firm said in a statement. Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized access occurred from mid-May through July 2017. The company has found no evidence of unauthorized activity on Equifax’s core consumer or commercial credit reporting databases.
