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    Former Equifax CEO to apologize in congressional testimony for data breach

    by By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Oct 02, 2017 3 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The former chief executive of Equifax Inc. plans to apologize for the credit reporting company's massive data breach when he testifies Tuesday before a congressional committee, as well as detail the missteps in response to the hack that exposed the Social Security numbers and birthdates of as many as 143 million people.

    "Equifax was entrusted with Americans' private data and we let them down," Richard Smith said in written testimony for the hearing that the House Energy and Commerce Committee released Monday. "To each and every person affected by this breach, I

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