Organization Overview: Equifax Inc.
Equifax Inc. is a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States, considered one of the three largest American credit agencies along with Experian and TransUnion. Founded in 1899, Equifax is the oldest of the three agencies and gathers and maintains information on over 400 million credit holders worldwide. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Equifax is a global service provider with US $1.5 billion in annual revenue and 7,000+ employees in 14 countries. Equifax is listed on the NYSE. Equifax was founded as Retail Credit Company in 1899. The company grew quickly and by 1920 had offices throughout the US and Canada. By the 1960s, Retail Credit Company was one of the nation's largest credit bureaus, holding files on millions of American and Canadian citizens. Retail Credit Company's...
Freebase Details on Equifax
| Revenue | Date |
|---|---|
| $1,546,300,000.00 US$ | 2006-12-31 |
| Operating Income | Date |
|---|---|
| $518,900,000.00 US$ | 2006-12-31 |
| Market Capitalization | Date |
|---|---|
| $4,900,000,000.00 US$ | 2007-12-31 |
| Board Members | Title | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| John L Clendenin | |||
| Mark L Feidler | |||
| Jackie M. Ward | 1999 | ||
| James E. Copeland, Jr. | 2003 | ||
| Robert D Daleo | |||
| A W Dahlberg | |||
| L Phillip Humann | |||
| Larry L Prince | |||
| Richard F Smith | |||
| William W Canfield | |||
| Lee A Kennedy | |||
| Siri S Marshall |
MAP OF ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS
ASSOCIATED INCIDENTS
ID: 325: Stolen company laptop with names and Social Security numbers could affect 2,500
- Date: 2006-06-20
- Records Lost: 2,500
- Source: Outside
- Submitted by: admin
- Location: London Greater London, GB
- Organizations: Equifax Inc.
ID: 1587: Unauthorized access to customers credit files by using customers access code
- Date: 2005-12-27
- Records Lost: Unknown
- Source: Outside
- Submitted by: osf1
- Location: GA, US
- Organizations: Equifax Inc., Morris, Schneider & Prior
ID: 1690: Unauthorized person accessed personal credit files of customers
- Date: 2007-10-01
- Records Lost: Unknown
- Source: Outside
- Submitted by: osf1
- Location: US
- Organizations: Equifax Inc.
ID: 1972: Unauthorised access to an unknown number of consumers credit report inquiries
- Date: 2006-03-17
- Records Lost: Unknown
- Source: Unknown
- Submitted by: duncancumming
- Location: New York NY, US
- Organizations: Equifax Inc., TransUnion Credit Bureau, Experian, Mortgage Institute of Michigan
ID: 2067: Computer Hackers Get Into Private Credit Records-
- Date: 1992-02-24
- Records Lost: Unknown
- Source: Outside
- Submitted by: SYNACK3
- Location: Dayton OH, US
- Organizations: Equifax Inc.
- Date: 2010-02-11
- Records Lost: Unknown
- Source: Inside Accidental
- Submitted by: kirniki
- Location: Atlanta GA, US
- Organizations: Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Equifax Inc.
WEB SITES
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Name: Equifax Inc.
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Breach Types:
- Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
- Disposal Mobile | Email | Fax | Fraud Se
- Hack | Lost Computer | Lost Document | Lost Drive
- Lost Laptop | Lost Media | Lost Mobile | Lost Tape
- Missing Document | Missing Laptop | Missing Media | Snail Mail
- Stolen Computer | Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop
- Stolen Media | Stolen Mobile | Stolen Tape | Unknown
- Virus | Web |
