UK fines Equifax $13.6 million for 2017 data breach

The UK arm of credit reporting firm Equifax was fined £11,164,400 (about $13.6 million) on Friday by a British regulator for allowing hackers to access personal information of millions of people in 2017. About 13.8 million UK consumers were affected in the incident, according to the Financial Conduct Authority, and it remains one of the

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