WASHINGTON — Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.The settlement with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as 48 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, would provide up to $425 million in monetary relief to consumers, a $100 million civil money penalty, and other relief.South Carolina is getting about $2.17 million, according to Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office.”The people of South Carolina were angry about this breach and the potential for identity theft, and rightfully so. This breach is something that Equifax could have prevented,” Wilson said in a written statement. “We’re confident this settlement will reimburse the people of South Carolina for any losses caused by the breach and provide free credit monitoring to help them protect themselves.”The breach was one of the largest ever to threaten the private information. The consumer reporting agency, based in Atlanta, did not detect the attack for more than six weeks. The compromised data included Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver license numbers, credit card numbers… Read full this story
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