What happens if you don't claim your $125 Equifax money? You lose it -- and your chance to sue in the future - CNN

The $700 million Equifax settlement over its 2017 data breach means you could get money. Here's what you need to know....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/26/us/equifax-breach-settlement-questions-answered-trnd/index.html

Senate banking bill rewards Equifax despite privacy breaches - POLITICO

Newly released provisions would allow the company and its industry peers to enter the mortgage market while shielding them from consumer lawsuits. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/12/equifax-data-breach-banking-profits-405457

Exclusive: U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice - sources

Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, according to people familiar with the matter.....
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-equifax-cfpb/exclusive-u-s-consumer-protection-official-puts-equifax-probe-on-ice-sources-idUSKBN1FP0IZ

Equifax says more private data was stolen in 2017 breach than first revealed | ZDNet

The credit rating agency said it didn't originally announce "potential" data points, like tax identification numbers, that "may have been accessed" by hackers.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-stole-more-equifax-data-than-first-thought/

Equifax breach already taking a toll on consumers -- Chicago Tribune

The scenario that personal finance and credit experts feared most about the heist of consumer data from Equifax may already be underway. ....
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-1126-kenneth-harney-20171120-story.html

In the dead of night, Republicans vote to give lawsuit immunity to banks -- ThinkProgress.org

Tuesday night, as many Americans were preparing to go to bed, an evenly divided Senate voted to give broad lawsuit immunity to credit card companies, auto lenders, credit reporting companies like Equifax, and many other financial firms. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/in-the-dead-of-night-republicans-vote-to-give-lawsuit-immunity-to-banks-d6504eab6b86/

Equifax: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

John Oliver discusses the massive impact of the cybersecurity breach at Equifax and their massively misguided attempts to mitigate the damage.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPjgRKW_Jmk

IRS awards $7.25 million fraud-prevention contract to Equifax -- POLITICO

The no-bid contract comes as lawmakers pound the company for a massive breach that potentially exposed identities of more than 145 million Americans. ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/equifax-irs-fraud-protection-contract-243419?cid=apn

Without Fanfare, Equifax Makes Bankruptcy Change That Affects Hundreds of Thousands -- ProPublica

For what appears to be decades, the credit rating agency Equifax has quietly layered three more years of tarnish on the credit histories of hundreds of thousands of people who had filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 13. While its competitors, TransUnion and Experian, placed a flag on such histories for seven years, Equifax left it on the reports of Chapter 13 filers who failed to complete their bankruptcy plans for 10. ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/equifax-makes-bankruptcy-change-that-affects-hundreds-of-thousands#135046

Equifax acquired an identity protection company before making the hack public to profit from the theft.

Equifax acquired an identity protection company before making the hack public to profit from the theft.
https://investor.equifax.com/news-and-events/news/2017/08-11-2017-005951319

Equifax Just Equi-F'ed Everyone

Stephen takes a deep dive into the hack of the massive credit report agency Equifax, which may have exposed up to 143 million people's identities.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIEd5QVkyc&feature=youtu.be

The Equifax Breach: What You Should Know — Krebs on Security

It remains unclear whether those responsible for stealing Social Security numbers and other data on as many as 143 million Americans from big-three credit bureau Equifax intend to sell this data to identity thieves. But if ever there was a reminder that you — the consumer — are ultimately responsible for protecting your financial future, this is it. Here’s what you need to know and what you should do in response to this unprecedented breach.....
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/the-equifax-breach-what-you-should-know/