More data leaked during Equifax hack
The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers’ personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers.
The credit reporting company announced in September that the personal information of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach. It originally said that the information accessed included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and — in some cases — driver’s license numbers and credit card numbers. It also said some consumers’ credit card numbers were among the information exposed, as well as the personal information from thousands of dispute documents.
However, Atlanta-based Equifax Inc. recently disclosed in a document submitted to the Senate Banking Committee that a forensic investigation found criminals accessed other information from company records. According to the document, provided to The Associated Press by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office, that included tax identification numbers, email addresses and phone numbers. Finer details, such as the expiration dates for credit cards or issuing states for driver’s licenses, were also included in the list.
Plea in Va. killing
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — During the first few days of David Eisenhauer’s trial in the killing of a 13-year-old girl, prosecutors presented evidence that the former Virginia Tech student’s DNA was found under the girl’s fingernails, her blood was found in the trunk of his car and her address was written on a slip of paper found in his dorm room.
The fourth day of testimony promised even more damaging testimony against Mr. Eisenhauer in the 2016 killing of Nicole Lovell. A friend of Mr. Eisenhauer’s was expected to testify that he told her he had hatched a plan to kill a girl named Nicole.
The case came to a sudden end Friday when Mr. Eisenhauer pleaded no contest to all three charges against him: first-degree murder, abduction and concealing a body.
Prosecutors told jurors Mr. Eisenhauer, then 18, killed Nicole, a 7th-grader, because he was afraid his relationship with the underage girl would become known.
Assemblywoman accused
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A Los Angeles-area assemblywoman has voluntarily taken leave of her seat Friday after facing allegations of sexual harassment, an unusual twist of the gender dynamics shaping the misconduct controversies engulfing California’s state Capitol.
Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, a Democrat, denied allegations that she made inappropriate advances on two men: a then legislative staffer and a lobbyist. In a statement, she said she would take an unpaid leave of absence from the Legislature while she faces an investigation into her conduct.
Sacramento was jolted by the allegations against Ms. Garcia, which were first published Thursday by Politico. The publication reported that a former legislative staffer alleged Ms. Garcia stroked his back and buttocks, and reached for his groin at a softball game in 2014.
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