Equifax still holds onto plum contract with IRS, five months after hack

Culture & People12 Jan 2018

Man Holding Nest With Golden Eggs And Social Security Card

Five months since a data breach that put details of 147 million US residents and 15.2 million British citizens, Equifax is still processing data of on the identity security system for the MySocialSecurity online portal.

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