Who Did the Equifax Hack?

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From There, the Four Alleged Hackers—Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, and Liu Lei—Conducted Weeks of Reconnaissance, Running Queries to Give Themselves a Better...

Who Did the Equifax Hack?
From there, the four alleged hackers—Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, and Liu Lei—conducted weeks of reconnaissance, running queries to give themselves a better sense of Equifax's database structure and how many records it contained.

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Then, who was responsible for the Equifax hack?

The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans.

Additionally, how did Equifax get hacked? There, hackers used an Apache Struts vulnerability, a months-old issue that Equifax knew about but failed to fix, and gained access to login credentials for three servers. They found that those credentials allowed them to access another 48 servers containing personal information.

In this regard, who was affected by Equifax?

It potentially affected 143 million people — more than 40 percent of the population of the United States — whose names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and drivers' licenses numbers were exposed.

When was the Equifax hack?

Equifax said the breach happened between mid-May and July. It discovered the hack on July 29. It informed the public on September 7.

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How do you know if your information was leaked by Equifax?

If you want to check whether your data was exposed, the FTC and official settlement site have an online tool you can use to check if you were part of the Equifax breach. You'll need to enter your last name and last six digits of your Social Security number to see if your data was part of the hack.

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Did my information get stolen from Equifax?

If your information was exposed in the data breach, you can file a claim at EquifaxBreachSettlement.com. You may be entitled to as much as $20,000, although probably much less. The Equifax settlement was announced on July 24, 2019.
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