Cybersecurity

Equifax CEO Richard Smith Resigns After Uproar Over Massive Hack

  • Smith may get at least $18.4 million in retirement payouts
  • Director Mark Fiedler appointed firm’s non-executive chairman

Equifax CEO Smith Resigns Following Data Hack

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Equifax Inc. Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith stepped down, joining other senior

managers who left the credit-reporting company in the wake of an uproar over the theft of private data on 143 million Americans.