{"id":118585,"date":"2017-09-19T06:02:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T10:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118585"},"modified":"2017-09-19T06:02:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T10:02:17","slug":"ny-ag-presses-transunion-experian-for-cybersecurity-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/19\/ny-ag-presses-transunion-experian-for-cybersecurity-details\/","title":{"rendered":"NY AG presses TransUnion, Experian for cybersecurity details"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118588\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schneiderman2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118588\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schneiderman2.jpg\" alt=\"New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing TransUnion and Experian to explain what cybersecurity they have in place to protect sensitive consumer information following a recent breach at Equifax that exposed the data of 143 million Americans. (Photo By Kelly Campbell, CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"259\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schneiderman2.jpg 259w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schneiderman2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing TransUnion and Experian to explain what cybersecurity they have in place to protect sensitive consumer information following a recent breach at Equifax that exposed the data of 143 million Americans. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=26320015\">(Photo By Kelly Campbell, CC BY 2.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing TransUnion and Experian to explain what cybersecurity they have in place to protect sensitive consumer information following a recent breach at Equifax that exposed the data of 143 million Americans.<\/p>\n<p>In letters to executives at the two credit monitoring companies, the Democratic attorney general asked them to describe their existing security systems as well as what changes they&#8217;ve made since the Equifax cyberattack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unprecedented data breach experienced by Equifax Inc. that affected 143 million Americans \u2014 including more than 8 million New Yorkers \u2014 has raised serious concerns about the security of private consumer information held by the nation&#8217;s largest consumer credit reporting agencies,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The letters also ask whether the companies are considering waiving the fees for consumer credit freezes in light of the breach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCredit reporting agencies have a fundamental responsibility to protect the personal information they&#8217;re entrusted with,\u201d Schneiderman said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cAs we continue our investigation into the Equifax breach, it&#8217;s vital to ensure that consumer data at the other major credit reporting agencies is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schneiderman&#8217;s review of the cyberattack on Equifax began shortly after the breach was announced last week.<\/p>\n<p>The letters were sent last week and were first reported by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Messages left with Experian and TransUnion were not immediately returned Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing TransUnion and Experian to explain what cybersecurity they have &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":118588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24157,16],"tags":[24319,24318,24321,24320],"class_list":["post-118585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-american-news","category-news","tag-cybersecurity","tag-eric-schneiderman","tag-experian","tag-transunion","mauthors-david-klepper","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}