Joe Nocera, Columnist

Equifax Should Be a Public Utility

Credit bureaus have little incentive to take hackers seriously. Only government oversight can change that.

September 15, 2017 at 4:53 PM UTC

Joe Nocera is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is the host and writer of the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast "The Shrink Next Door."

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