Equifax provides more detail on cyber security incident

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Equifax provides more detail on cyber security incident

Copies of passports, driver's licenses also stolen.

Credit-monitoring firm Equifax said on Monday it has sent a letter to several US congressional committees providing additional details on data that was breached in a cybersecurity incident in September last year. Equifax said that about 38,000 driver's licenses and 3200 passports details ...

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