Re Equifax breach

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Peter Capek <capek () ieee org>
> Date: September 8, 2017 at 9:52:30 AM EDT
> To: Dave Farber - IP <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: Equifax breach
>
> The unknown writer whose comments are provided by Peter Thoenen is,
> I agree, right on.   I would observe that, in other areas, there seems to be
> no culture of protecting the offending provider.   We know that it was Takata
> who manufactured the failing air bag inflaters.  Imagine the public response
> that would have occurred if a car manufacturer had tried to keep the identity
> of its air bag inflater supplier secret. In this case, the attackers
> already know what vulnerabilities they were able to exploit.  But do the
> other two credit bureaus, who possibly are at similar risk, and are probably
> also holding my data?   Or other businesses in other industries?
> Public shaming is not the goal here, at least not my goal.  But preventing
> a recurrence is.
>
> In related news, CNBC is reporting this morning that the three Equifax
> executives who sold stock in the days after the breach was discovered
> were unaware of the breach.



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