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Equifax Data Breach Timeline
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Michael Seymour
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20 Sep 2017
Events
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
