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EQUIFAX INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

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Filed

Apr 5, 2010

To disclose

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Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for EQUIFAX INC. →12 incidents on file

Equifax Inc. reported a data breach to the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. The breach was reported on 2010-04-05. 1 Massachusetts residents were affected. The report records the breach type as electronic.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 5, 2010

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGMar 22 · first
Massachusetts State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 22 (MA), last Apr 5 (MA) — a 14-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.