Cybersecurity
FTC Opens Investigation Into Equifax Breach
- Agency confirms probe of data-security failure at Equifax
- House Oversight Committee seeks Equifax documents, briefing
Equifax's Massive Breach Tests Trump and Capitol Hill
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a powerful Congressional committee are investigating the data breach at Equifax Inc., deepening government scrutiny of the cyber attack that may have compromised the privacy of 143 million U.S. consumers.
The probes by the FTC and the House Oversight Committee, made public Thursday, add to a string of state and federal investigations into the cyber attack that has reverberated across Washington, triggered public outrage and sent the company’s shares to their lowest level since February 2016.