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Equifax Was Warned (vice.com)
4 points by pulisse on Oct 27, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


The article as a whole is incredibly damning. Here's just one highlight: The site looked like a portal made only for employees, but was completely exposed to anyone on the internet. [...] In total, the researcher downloaded the data of hundreds of thousands of Americans in order to show Equifax the vulnerabilities within its systems.


Posted earlier in the day, 21+ points:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15560262




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