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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. As a result, all 143 million US victims are at greater risk of identity theft, and will remain at risk for years to come. Before the. Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

SiteLock

The next notification I received was for an earlier intrusion, the 2013 compromise of 2.4 For end users and consumers, protection against data breaches is difficult as we all now trust others to be good stewards of our personal details. million student records from the local community college system I attend.