Equifax Data Breach Timeline

Apache Struts developers identify and announce vulnerability and release patch CVE-2017-5638

Equifax first discovers 'suspicious activity'

First data breach

Hired private cybersecurity firm to perform forensic analysis

First public announcement of breach

3 top Equifax executives dump combined 1.95M dollars of stock

Website launched to help inform affected consumers

Equifax offers free credit monitoring for 1 yr. to affected consumers

News breaks exposing class action opt-out in fine print of free credit monitoring offer

Equifax removes class action opt-out from user agreement

U.S. Dept. of Justice announces investigation into executive share dump