The Equifax Breach Could End the Credit Industry as We Know It [Fortune]
Equifax, Inc. (EFX)
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Even in an era when cyberattacks are commonplace, it’s hard to think of one that made bigger fools of consumers and lawmakers alike than the Equifax breach. The credit-reporting agency, which keeps dossiers full of background check–worthy personal information on nearly all American adults, exposed the data of more than 145 million people . That’s nearly half the U.S. population—at least one person in every family, it’s estimated—who are now at greater risk of having their identities stolen, their financial accounts broken into, their credit ruined. What’s even more infuriating is that Equifax efx could have averted the disaster just by patching a known vulnerability in its software. Instead, the company dithered for months, allowing hackers to strip-mine Social Security numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, and more from mid-May through July, it said. When Equifax finally discovered the disaster, its first response was not to war
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- Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) had its price target lowered by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $300.00 to $255.00. They now have a "buy" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
- Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) had its price target lowered by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. from $291.00 to $272.00. They now have an "outperform" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
- Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $276.00 to $241.00. They now have a "neutral" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
- Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $290.00 to $273.00. They now have an "overweight" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
EFX
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- 4/17/24 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 4/17/24 - Form 8-K
- 4/2/24 - Form 4
- 3/22/24 - Form ARS
- EFX's page on the SEC website