{"id":13297,"date":"2018-09-20T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/29334\/Equifax-Fined-By-ICO-Over-Data-Breach-That-Hit-Britons.html"},"modified":"2018-09-20T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T15:18:45","slug":"equifax-fined-by-ico-over-data-breach-that-hit-britons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/equifax-fined-by-ico-over-data-breach-that-hit-britons\/","title":{"rendered":"Equifax Fined By ICO Over Data Breach That Hit Britons"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Equifax\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/12881\/production\/_98250957_mediaitem97786910.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span> <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span> <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span> <span class=\"media-caption__text\"> The data breach affected 15 million UK customers <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Credit rating agency Equifax <a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/action-weve-taken\/mpns\/2259808\/equifax-ltd-mpn-20180919.pdf\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">is to be fined \u00a3500,000<\/a> by the Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office (ICO) after it failed to protect the personal data of 15 million Britons.<\/p>\n<p>A 2017 cyber-attack exposed information belonging to 146 million people around the world, mostly in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The compromised systems were also US-based.<\/p>\n<p>But the ICO ruled Equifax&#8217;s UK branch had &#8220;failed to take appropriate steps&#8221; to protect UK citizens&#8217; data.<\/p>\n<p>It added that &#8220;multiple failures&#8221; meant personal information had been kept longer than necessary and left vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Equifax reported that fewer than 400,000 Britons had had sensitive data exposed in the breach &#8211; but it later revealed that the number was nearly 700,000.<\/p>\n<p>A further 14.5 million British records exposed would not have put people at risk, the company added last October.<\/p>\n<p>The ICO, which joined forces with the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate the breach, found that it affected three distinct groups in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">19,993 UK data subjects had names, dates of birth, telephone numbers and driving licence numbers exposed<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">637,430 UK data subjects had names, dates of birth and telephone numbers exposed<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Up to 15 million UK data subjects had names and dates of birth exposed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Guard let down<\/h2>\n<p>Equifax had also been warned about a critical vulnerability in its systems by the US Department of Homeland Security in March 2017, the ICO revealed.<\/p>\n<p>And appropriate steps to fix the vulnerability were not taken, according to the ICO.<\/p>\n<p>Because the breach happened before the launch of the EU&#8217;s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May this year, the investigation took place under the UK&#8217;s Data Protection Act 1998 instead.<\/p>\n<p>And the fine of \u00a3500,000 is the highest possible under that law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The loss of personal information, particularly where there is the potential for financial fraud, is not only upsetting to customers, it undermines consumer trust in digital commerce,&#8221; said information commissioner Elizabeth Denham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is compounded when the company is a global firm whose business relies on personal data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An Equifax spokesperson said the firm was &#8220;disappointed in the findings and the penalty&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the ICO makes clear in its report, Equifax has successfully implemented a broad range of measures to prevent the recurrence of such criminal incidents and it acknowledges the strengthened procedures which are now in effect. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The criminal cyber-attack against our US parent company last year was a pivotal moment for our company. 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