Equifax breach

How Hacks Happen

English - May 15, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB - ★ - 1 rating
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When consumer reporting agency Equifax was breached in 2017, the records of over 140 million people (more than half the adults in the USA!) were stolen. Three years later, we take a closer look at the mistakes Equifax's security team made, how hackers leveraged a compromised Equifax web page to gain access to logins, passwords, and dozens of additional databases, and how they got the stolen data out of Equifax's network through a flawed router setup. We wrap up what you can do to keep yourself safe from identity theft as a result of this and other breaches.

Resources for this episode:

Website where you can check if your identity was compromised in the Equifax breachBusiness Insider: Literally everyone should be thinking about suing Equifax. September 2017.U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: The Equifax Data Breach. December 2018.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/howhackshappen)