How to Fix Identity-Theft Issues Posed by the Equifax Hack

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School of Interactive Computing Professor Annie Antón contributes to this New York Times report on the recent hack of an Equifax database. Antón warned Congress a decade ago of the dangers of businesses using Social Security numbers as identifiers, a problem that remains to this day.

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College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

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annie anton, Cybersecurity, equifax, cyber attacks
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  • Created By: David Mitchell
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Sep 13, 2017 - 4:07pm
  • Last Updated: Sep 13, 2017 - 4:07pm