Equifax accused of not disclosing the full extent of last year's data breach

Nicholas Fearn
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Equifax accused of not telling the whole truth about the data that was stolen when it was hacked last year

The Equifax hack may have exposed more data than first believed, according to the Wall Street Journal - or, at least, more than Equifax admitted at the time. Last year, hackers were able to comp...

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