Equifax's interim CEO apologized in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece for the massive data breach that may have exposed the personal information of 143 million Americans. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr.

After facing outrage over last month's security breach, Equifax said it will offer a new, free service that gives consumers more control over their personal information. It's called a credit lock, and ...

Equifax has made good on its promise of free, lifelong credit locks following last year’s massive data breach. The reception to its new “Lock & Alert” feature — which lets users simply click or swipe ...

A heads-up for anyone who signed up for the free credit lock offered by Equifax following their massive data breach in 2017. Your complimentary subscription to TrustedID Premier expired on Jan. 31.

The free credit lock offering that many consumers enrolled in with credit reporting agency Equifax after its massive 2017 data breach expires on Thursday. Consumers who put locks on their account via ...

Remember how Equifax responded to its massive data breach in 2017, the one that exposed the personal information — including Social Security numbers and birth dates — of more than 146 million ...

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Equifax says it will allow customers to lock and unlock access to their credit files for free — and for life — in what is the latest mea culpa from the company amid an ongoing cybersecurity scandal.

A year after offering free credit monitoring to all Americans on account of its massive data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 148 million people, Equifax now says it has chosen ...

Equifax introduced a free consumer service Wednesday that allows people to lock access to their credit files from a mobile phone. It did not work. After cyberthieves gained access to 145 million ...