From Consumerist,
A company that supplies stock market indexes reportedly warned investors in August 2016 that Equifax, one of the nation's three major credit bureaus, appeared to be ill-equipped to fight off a sophisticated cyber attack.
The Wall Street Journal writes that MSCI, which provides a number of indices for tracking and predicting the behavior of the stock market, concluded last summer that Equifax was no longer a company investors could reasonably rely on to keep its data safe.
MSCI has a group of stock indices that take into account a company's economic, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Prior to last summer, Equifax had been included in these indices, but then MSCI determined that Equifax had failed to perform regular cybersecurity audits, train its employees to recognize risks associated with an attack, or have an emergency response plan in the case of a breach.
At first, Equifax remained on the MSCI ESG Leaders index, but with a 0/10 score for privacy and data. (Competing credit bureaus TransUnion and Experian scored a 4.9 and 6.9, respectively.) Then, in Nov. 2016, Equifax was removed from this index over concerns about data security.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Arik on Monday October 09 2017, @03:29AM
Hope in one hand and spit in the other. :(
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?