And an experiment conducted by Mr. Vance and other researchers found a disconnect between consumers’ professed concerns about online security and their actions. In the experiment, people using their personal computers to complete an assigned task tended to ignore warnings that some sites they were about to visit were not secure. He said consumers may be told the same advice repeatedly but are slow to respond unless they’ve already had a bad experience. “You’re not going to back up data, no matter what I tell you, until you lose the baby pictures of your first child,” Mr. Vance said. However, the data in the Equifax breach does not have a half-life and could be used for nefarious purposes at any point.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2018 11:03 UTC