With the recent hacks of Equifax, Google, Target, and other major companies, everyone is becoming much more concerned about information security (InfoSec). It’s no different in mortgage lending. Lenders need to protect the vast amounts of a consumer’s non-public personal information (NPPI) that they collect during a loan process. It’s not easy when so much of the lending process is…
The recent hack of consumer personal information held by Equifax provides cybercriminals with multiple access points to consumer credit. Aside from the obvious threats to unlawful credit card use, the information obtained could offer the keys needed to open many more unlawful opportunities. The breach opened the door for access to Equifax’s The Work Number employment and income verification service.…
As it usually is after some major event that adversely affects anything, the politicians all come out with their “recommendations” for correction of the problem and ways to avoid it in the future. No, I am not talking about the horrific event in Vegas or gun control. I’m referring to the data breach of consumer non-public personal information at Equifax.…
What do Equifax and the IRS have in common? They both house tons of consumer personal data. Equifax got hacked. Could the same happen to the IRS? Some regulators are saying no and pushing for the IRS to get more heavily involved in the data verification game. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced legislation aimed at fast-tracking the IRS’s capability to…
Every day we hear or read about another security breach with volumes of consumer’s private information being acquired by some unscrupulous people. Most recently it was Equifax, a major repository of consumer credit and personal data. Who might be next? Now, all the pundits and politicians saying something needs to be done to protect the consumer. More good intentions… Senator…
You’ve probably heard by now that on July 29th Equifax learned their systems were hacked from mid-May through July. Yes, Equifax, one of the country’s 3 main repositories of all consumer personal and credit information. The cyber thieves acquired sensitive personal information on 143 million American consumers. That’s a whole lot of data on a whole lotta people. Not good.…
