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EQUIFAX INC.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 29, 2017

Filed

Sep 7, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

145,500,0003,243,664 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for EQUIFAX INC.12 incidents on file

Equifax, Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the Washington Attorney General regarding a cybersecurity incident. The breach, caused by the exploitation of a web application vulnerability, occurred from May 16 to July 31, 2017, and was discovered on July 29, 2017. The incident impacted approximately 145.5 million U.S. consumers, including 3,243,664 Washington residents. Data exposed included names, SSNs, birth dates, addresses, driver's license numbers, and credit card numbers. Equifax engaged Mandiant for forensic investigation and offered free credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 74 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

May 16, 2017

Begins

Jul 29, 2017

Discovered

Sep 7, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 35d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGSep 7 · first
Oregon State AGSep 7 · first
Washington State AGSep 7 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 7 (CA), last Oct 12 (NH) — a 35-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.