Equifax has re-opened a Web site that lets anyone look up the salary history of a large portion of the American workforce using little more than a persons Social Security number and their date of birth. The big-three credit bureau took the site down just hours after I wrote about it on Oct. 8, and began restoring the site eight days later saying it had added unspecified security enhancements The Work Number allows anyone whose employer uses the service to provide proof of their income when purchasing a home.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/11/equifax-reopens-salary-lookup-service/