Energy and Commerce Democrats demand answers from Equifax on data breach

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Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are demanding answers from Equifax on its cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of roughly 143 million Americans.

All 24 Democrats on the committee sent a letter to Equifax CEO Richard Smith on Tuesday asking for information on how the company is planning to make consumers whole and how the hack occurred. The Energy and Commerce Democrats also want to know what steps Equifax, a credit monitoring agency, is taking to protect from future breach.

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