InfoSec News Nuggets 10/17/2023
Equifax Fined $13.5 Million Over 2017 Data Breach The British watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Friday announced that it has fined Equifax Ltd, the UK arm of credit reporting firm Equifax Inc, more than £11 million (approximately $13.5 million) over the massive 2017 data breach. Roughly 147 million people were impacted by the incident, including 13.8 million UK consumers, after hackers gained access to Equifax servers in the US. In 2020, the US government indicted four…