Equifax Data Breach Timeline
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Updated: 20 Sep 2017
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Created byMichael Seymour
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Apache Struts developers identify and announce vulnerability and release patch CVE-2017-5638Equifax first discovers 'suspicious activity'First data breachHired private cybersecurity firm to perform forensic analysisFirst public announcement of breach3 top Equifax executives dump combined 1.95M dollars of stockWebsite launched to help inform affected consumersEquifax offers free credit monitoring for 1 yr. to affected consumersNews breaks exposing class action opt-out in fine print of free credit monitoring offerEquifax removes class action opt-out from user agreementU.S. Dept. of Justice announces investigation into executive share dump
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