Equifax Data Breach

By Jordan Milkovich The Federal Trade Commission earlier this week announced Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) has been ordered to pay at least $575 million to those impacted by the data breach. The FTC claims Equifax failed to properly protect the stored data of about 147 million people, and now they have...

Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX)' 2017 data breach led to "significant public backlash" and a brand that is now "impaired," according to Bank of America Merill Lynch.  The Analyst BofA's David Ridley-Lane initiated coverage of Equifax's stock with an Underperform...

What happens to the CEO of a major corporation that suffered what could prove to be the most extreme data breach in history? In the case of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) CEO Richard Smith, then he will leave the company with a $7.6 million bonus, Gadfly's Stephen Gandel reported. Equifax confirmed...

After Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) suffered what could prove to be the most notable data breach in history, one does have to wonder how the company's CEO Richard Smith still has a job. Not only did Smith fail in handling the situation once it was brought public, but the damage to the company isn't done...

Investors currently working under the assumption that the stock market can go higher indefinitely may need to readjust their attitudes, CNBC's Jim Cramer said during his daily "Mad Money" show Friday. Investors can't necessarily be faulted for this line of thinking since the...

The ongoing Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) saga may have taken a turn for the worse as the U.S Justice Department is now getting involved, Bloomberg reported. Equifax, the victim of a massive data breach, is now facing a criminal investigation if company insiders who sold some of their stock before the...

Analysts at Argus Research turned bearish on Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) as the company's data breach could prove to be the "most serious" data-hack in history. Analyst Jasper Hellweg downgraded Equifax's stock from Buy to Hold with no assigned price target. Equifax's management...

The worst-case scenario for Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) is difficult to quantify, but analysts at Morgan Stanley felt it prudent to revisit their model and include several assumptions amid the company's data breach. Toni Kaplan maintains an Equal-weight rating on Equifax's stock with a price...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has earned herself as being Washington's most "relentless critic" of Wall Street and she has a new company on her sights: Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX). Warren made her position on Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) very public after the company's fake...