Identity theft linked to major data broker breaches has cost Americans more than $20 billion over the past decade, according to a U.S. Senate report.

Waiting for a credit dispute to be resolved can be stressful, especially when your financial plans depend on the outcome. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, credit bureaus must ...

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The credit bureaus have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

The weekslong conflict between Anthropic and the Department of Defense is entering a new phase. After being designated a supply-chain risk by DOD last week, which effectively forbids Pentagon ...

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The Pentagon is considering ending its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic over its insistence on keeping some restrictions on how the U.S. military uses its models, Axios ...

(CNN) - Equifax is being accused of price gouging regarding Medicaid programs. Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote a letter to the company’s chief ...

IT REAL? CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE IS ON YOUR SIDE WITH THE ANSWER. IT STILL STANDS OUT AS THE LARGEST DATA BREACH OF ANY OF THE MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS. 2017 A MASSIVE BREACH OF EQUIFAX THAT ...

During the fourth quarter of 2025, we recorded pre-tax expenses of $0.3 million for an accrual for legal and regulatory matters related to the 2017 cybersecurity incident, a $0.3 million gain on sale ...

A trio of Senate Democrats are warning the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax against price gouging for its services as a significant number of Medicaid beneficiaries are expected to go into the ...