Equifax was victim of hack five months earlier than disclosed

Sooraj Shah
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Company was breached in March by the same attackers, claim sources

Equifax, the credit reference agency at the centre of a major data breach in the US, is said to have been the victim of a hack in March - nearly five months before the date it has disclosed. Tha...

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