The Equifax breach that potentially exposed the personal information of 143 million people was bad. The company's response has almost been worse, if that's even possible.

Equifax says it suffered a massive data breach involving as many as 143 million people in the U.S. Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and drivers licenses were apparently exposed ...

Equifax's 2017 breach will cost it billions in fines, customer restitution and mandated and voluntary security improvements. All organizations that profit from consumer data should take notice.

Equifax says it’s “collaborating with our customers to determine the actual impact to consumers,” although it’s unclear how or when they will notify the impacted customers, if at all.

Previously, the Equifax credit score scale ranged from zero to 700 and fell into five bands: very poor, poor, fair, good and excellent. Now, your Equifax score is out of 1,000 and is still divided ...