Hackernews posts about Equifax

Equifax is a credit reporting agency that collects and maintains sensitive personal and financial information on millions of individuals and businesses in the United States.

1. Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire employees with 2nd jobs (www.businessinsider.com)
   600 points by master_crab almost 2 years ago | 386 comments
2. How Equifax Became a Private IRS (mattstoller.substack.com)
   272 points by yedava over 1 year ago | 183 comments
3. Tell HN: I just received my Equifax breach settlement check
   261 points by binarymax almost 2 years ago | 222 comments
4. How Equifax Was Breached in 2017 (blog.0x7d0.dev)
   257 points by 0x7d0 about 1 year ago | 112 comments
5. Tell HN: Equifax free credit report dark patterns
   223 points by PopAlongKid 7 months ago | 105 comments
6. Ask HN: Is anyone else trying to opt out of Equifax WorkNumber?
   132 points by metadat almost 2 years ago | 77 comments
7. Equifax scores £11.1M slap on wrist over 2017 mega breach (www.theregister.com)
   79 points by LinuxBender 12 months ago | 14 comments
8. Ask HN: Why do we allow Equifax, Transunion, and Experian to exist?
   53 points by nde almost 2 years ago | 28 comments
9. Equifax Became a Private IRS (2023) (www.thebignewsletter.com)
   39 points by downrightmike 4 months ago | 3 comments
10. Equifax surveilled 1k remote workers, fired 24 found juggling two jobs (arstechnica.com)
    34 points by Deinos almost 2 years ago | 20 comments
11. Equifax Data Breach Settlement Payment
    3 points by TedDoesntTalk almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
12. Lenders file class-action against Equifax citing monopoly in work number product (www.housingwire.com)
    2 points by toomuchtodo 4 months ago | 1 comments
13. Equifax's U.K. Arm Fined over 2017 Data Breach (www.databreaches.net)
    2 points by jruohonen 12 months ago | 1 comments
14. Equifax Used Its Own Technology to Find and Fire Workers with Secret Second Jobs (www.entrepreneur.com)
    2 points by DocFeind almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
15. Overemployment Matters; Talent Report Work Inform; Equifax Workforce Solutions (workforce.equifax.com)
    2 points by DocFeind about 2 months ago | discuss
16. Equifax, Experian Must Pay More Than Pennies for Data Breaches (news.bloombergtax.com)
    2 points by tldrthelaw over 1 year ago | discuss
17. The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer Is Real, for Now (krebsonsecurity.com)
    2 points by feross almost 2 years ago | discuss
18. Warn: Equifax “The Work Number” signup is a mess
    1 points by mring33621 over 1 year ago | 2 comments
19. Equifax fined £11M over "preventable" 2017 security breach (www.itpro.com)
    1 points by Beggers1960 12 months ago | 1 comments
20. Equifax has laid off employees who had two full-time jobs (borderlessandbeyond.com)
    1 points by passenger almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
21. My Identity Is Worth $5.21
    12 points by another_comment over 1 year ago | 3 comments
22. Ask HN: Freelancers with a Full time Job, how do you handle BG Checks?
    4 points by zer0sand0nes 3 months ago | discuss
23. Ask HN: How are you doing remote I-9 verification in the US?
    3 points by numbsafari almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
24. Canadian Mortgage Delinquencies Surge, Up 135% in Ontario (betterdwelling.com)
    3 points by moose44 7 months ago | discuss