Equifax Data Breach Exposes 147 Million Americans Due to Unpatched Apache Struts Vulnerability
Hackers begin systematically exfiltrating personal data of 147.9 million Americans from Equifax systems through an unpatched Apache Struts vulnerability (CVE-2017-5638). The breach, which Equifax would not disclose until September 7, 2017, represents one of the largest cybercrimes related to …
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Apache Software Foundation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
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