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Old Oct 24, 2019 | 2:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Robl
"According to the filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, Equifax was protecting sensitive personal information on a portal used to manage credit disputes with the username “admin.”

And if that wasn’t enough, the password protecting that data was probably the first one an attacker would guess: Yes that’s right, it was also “admin,” according to the lawsuit."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateofl.../#51ffb3543d38
More proof that the settlement offer is nowhere near as punishing as they deserve.
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