October 4, 2017

2017-10-04T10:03:25-04:00

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Former Equifax Chair and CEO Richard Smith testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the company’s data breach that left more than 140 million consumers' data at risk. Senators focused their questions on what he and other Equifax executives knew about the data breach and when, and about the company’s resources for consumers affected by the theft. They also pressed Mr. Smith on how the Equifax credit reporting agency had been able to lock down a security contract with the IRS in the wake of the latest data breach.



This was the second of four congressional hearings Mr. Smith was scheduled to testify at in a week’s time.

Former Equifax Chair and CEO Richard Smith testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the company’s data breach that left more than 140 million… read more