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In the summer of 2017, the financial world faced a wake-up call it could not ignore. Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the world and the gatekeeper of highly sensitive personal financial data, suffered a breach that exposed the identities of nearly 150 million Americans, along with millions of UK and Canadian citizens.
It was a catastrophic event with real-world consequences. For months, hackers roamed Equifax’s systems, siphoning off a treasure trove of data: names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, and in some cases, driver’s license and credit card numbers. This was the kind of data cybercriminals dream of. Everything needed to impersonate individuals, open fraudulent accounts, and wreak havoc on lives for years to come.
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