Equifax executives David Webb and Susan Mauldin are stepping down from their leadership roles following a security breach that potentially impacted up to 143 million Americans.
Webb, who was a chief information officer, will be proceeded by Mark Rohrwasser, who leads Equifax International IT operations. Russ Ayres, who previously was Equifax’s vice president of IT, will hold Mauldin’s position as a chief security officer in the interim, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The credit card monitoring agency revealed that from May to July 2017, “criminals” abused a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files. The information collected includes names, Social Security numbers, birthdays, addresses, and driver’s license numbers.
Approximately 209,000 American consumers had their credit card numbers collected while dispute documents with personal information for approximately 182,000 Americans were also stolen.
The Senate Finance Committee submitted a letter Monday to Equifax Chairman and CEO Richard Smith and requested answers to 13 questions, including a detailed timeline of the breach and its discovery, the company’s plan to notify affected consumers, and what steps the company has taken to limit potential consumer harm related to the breach.
The committee requested a response from Equifax by Sept. 28.
