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West Virginia sues Equifax over massive data breach

By Diana Stancy Correll
Published April 12, 2018 9:53pm ET
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West Virginia sues Equifax over massive data breach
"The scope and scale of this breach appears to make it one of the largest on record, and the sensitivity of the information compromised may make it the most costly to taxpayers and consumers." | (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Updated at 7:39 p.m.

The state of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against Equifax Inc for allegedly disregarding warnings to protect it’s system and postponing informing the public of the massive data breach that impacted about 148 million people in the U.S.

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