Warren Says Equifax Can't Be Trusted, Pushes 'Massive' Penalties For Data Breaches

WASHINGTON (CBS/CNN) – Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is blasting Equifax in the wake of its announcement that its data breach affected more people than originally reported. Cybercriminals penetrated Equifax, one of the largest credit bureaus, in July and stole the personal data of 145 million people. It was considered among the worst breaches of all time because of the amount of sensitive information exposed, including Social Security numbers. The company only revealed the hack two months later. And in a new development Thursday, Equifax said that 2.4 million more customers had their names and driver’s license information stolen. “Equifax can’t be trusted. Their mistakes allowed the

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