Equifax
$575.0Mfinal
Date Issued
2019-07-22
Regulation
Authority
FTC
Country
United States
Violation Type
data_breach
Currency
USD
Violation Summary
2017 data breach exposed personal information of 147 million people due to failure to patch known vulnerability.
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