Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
A British regulator on Sept 20 fined credit reference company Equifax Inc's UK arm Equifax Ltd £500,000 (RM2.72mil) for failing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million people in Britain during a 2017 cyberattack.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said in a statement its investigation found that, although Equifax systems in the United States were compromised, Equifax Ltd was responsible for the personal information of its customers in Britain.
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