Essentially, the hackers who now possess the EquiFax "asset" can not just commit fraudulent economic activity but also hack the US election system: "We found t

Essentially, the hackers who now possess the EquiFax "asset" can not just commit fraudulent economic activity but also hack the US election system: "We found that in 2016, the District of Columbia and 35 of the 50 states had websites that allowed voters to submit registration changes. These websites determined whether a visitor was an actual voter by requesting commonly available personal information. Some websites gave multiple ways for a voter to self-identify. Of these, {name, date of birth, address} was required in 15, {name, date of birth, driver’s license number} was required in 27, and {name, date of birth, last 4 SSN} was required in 3. We found that an attacker could acquire the voter names, demographic information and government-issued numbers needed to impersonate voters on all 36 websites from government offices, data brokers, the deep web, or darknet markets."