It took Equifax 76 days to detect the massive 2017 data breach, despite the fact that attackers had conducted roughly 9,000 unauthorized queries on its databases, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Attackers Made 9,000 Unauthorized Database Queries in Equifax Hack: Report
It took Equifax 76 days to detect the massive 2017 data breach, despite the fact that attackers had conducted roughly 9,000 unauthorized queries on its databases, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The post Attackers Made 9,000 Unauthorized Database Queries in Equifax Hack: Report appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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