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EQUIFAX INC.

bd_bf00e329b87159ef · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 29, 2017

Filed

Oct 12, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

145,500,000634,614 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for EQUIFAX INC.12 incidents on file

Equifax filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General on October 12, 2017, updating the scope of the July 2017 breach. The incident, caused by exploitation of a web application vulnerability, impacted approximately 145.5 million U.S. consumers, including 634,614 New Hampshire residents. Data exposed included names, SSNs, DOBs, addresses, and driver's license numbers. Equifax engaged Mandiant for forensics and offered credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 75 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

May 15, 2017

Begins

Jul 29, 2017

Discovered

Oct 12, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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
Washington State AGSep 7 · first
Oregon State AGSep 7 · first
New Hampshire State AG+35d · 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.