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    Equifax Chief Steps Down After Massive Data Breach

    The credit reporting agency said Chairman and CEO Richard Smith is retiring — just weeks after Equifax acknowledged that hackers had accessed the personal information of up to 143 million consumers.
    by Colin Dwyer Sep 26, 2017 2 minutes
    "At this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward," said Equifax Chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.

    Updated at 12:01 p.m. ET

    Equifax Chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith is retiring, the credit reporting agency announced Tuesday. The news comes just weeks after the company said a massive data breach exposed the personal information of up to 143 million people.

    At the time, the company also acknowledged that it had waited more than a month to alert people

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