Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-05-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: Equifax
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Equifax reveals the details of an unauthorized access to customers' employee tax records happened that between April 17, 2016 and March 29, 2017. The list of victims includes including defense contractor giant Northrop Grumman; staffing firm Allegis Group; Saint-Gobain Corp.; Erickson Living; and the University of Louisville.