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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

143,000,000

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

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

Equifax Inc. reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2017-09-07. The breach occurred during 5/13/2017 - 7/30/2017. The breach was discovered on 7/29/2017. 143,000,000 individuals were affected. Notice was sent on 9/7/2017.

Oregon clock✓ OR AG ≤45d6 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 77 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

May 13, 2017

Begins

Jul 29, 2017

Discovered

Sep 7, 2017

Filed

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 filings ↓up to 35d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGSep 7 · first
Washington State AGSep 7 · first
New Hampshire State AGSep 7 · first
Massachusetts State AGSep 7 · first
Oregon State AGSep 7 · first · this page
South Carolina State AG+5d
New Hampshire State AG+35d

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.