The Equifax breach lasted from May through July of this year. The hackers accessed people’s names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driving license numbers. They also stole credit card numbers for about 209,000 people and dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 people. They grabbed personal information of people in the UK and Canada too. Around 143m US consumers’ information was compromised. There are about 125m households in the US.
What were your initial thoughts? Shock? “How could this happen?” “How does this affect me?” I hope you did. The stock fell from $142 to $92. A 35% drop and the news started pouring out.