'No law can fix stupid': Congress slams former Equifax CEO for data hack
by Dominic Rushe and Associated Press from Technology | The Guardian on (#33ZVD)
Richard Smith offered apologies in testimony before House and Senate panels reviewing data breach that affected an estimated 145 million Americans
Equifax's "lax attitude" to protecting consumers' data came in for sharp criticism on Tuesday as Congress grilled the credit agency's former chairman and CEO over the company's failures in the wake of a massive data breach.
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