Richard Smith, the former CEO and chairman of the board at embattled credit-reporting bureau Equifax, is set to testify before three Congressional committees over the company’s massive data breach. In written testimony submitted before Tuesday’s hearing, Smith says “human error and technology failures” led to the breach. The breach exposed 143 million U.S. consumers’ personal details, including Social Security numbers. The hearings will likely focus on Equifax’s information security practices, breach response, data obtained by hackers.”]
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