On December 27, 2017, the New York Secretary of State sent a demand letter to Equifax Inc.’s interim CEO requesting additional information to aid the Division of Consumer Protection’s efforts “to investigate, mediate and/or mitigate identity theft complaints from consumers generally” as well as its investigation into the data breach disclosed by Equifax, Inc. on July 29, 2017, in which the personal data of approximately 143 million individuals (including 8.4 million New York residents) was compromised.
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