Equifax scurries amid chaos after data breach of 143M people

Data breaches happen more and more, and the crisis response can ease
fears—or turn the situation into a PR nightmare.Such is the case with Equifax, one of the three largest credit bureaus in
the United States.
On Thursday, the company announced that a data breach might have affected
143 million people—nearly two-thirds of the U.S.’s adult population.
Hackers also accessed data for residents of Canada and the United Kingdom.
Though Equifax announced the news on Thursday, the com