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Trying to Stem Fallout From Breach, Equifax Replaces CEO
New York Times, Sept. 26, 2017–Ron Lieber, Stacy Cowley
Richard Smith is out as Equifax CEO. The shake-up is the culmination of weeks of mounting public and legal pressure on the Atlanta-based data clearinghouse from citizens, politicians and investors.