A timeline of the Equifax breach and its aftermath.
A timeline of the massive Equifax breach, which affected as many as 143 million U. S. consumers.
Mid-May to July 2017
Criminal hackers carry out an attack and infiltration of Equifax servers. It resulted in unauthorized access to the personal information of nearly 44% of the U. S. population.
Sept. 7
Breach publicly announced .
Sept. 8
Equifax shares plunge 13.7% in first day of trading after breach announced.
Sept. 12
Equifax announces two senior computer security executives at the company are retiring.
Sept. 12
Equifax CEO apologizes in USA TODAY op-ed .
Sept. 11
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who chairs the Senate Committee on Finance, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, the panel’s ranking minority member, ask the credit-reporting giant for a timeline of the breach, along with details of Equifax’s efforts to quantify the scope of the intrusion and limit consumer harm.
Sept. 21
Equifax admits it sent victims of the data breach to a bogus website that shared a similar address to the one it set up to help victims.
Sept. 26
Equifax announces its CEO, Richard Smith, retires. Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., a seven-year veteran of the company, is appointed interim Chief Executive Officer.
