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• SEC doesn't even know how bad this hack is: Cybersecurity expert   

  9 Hours Ago

  Discussing the hack at the SEC with Bradley Bondi, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Bryan Seely, cybersecurity expert and advisor to John McAfee.

• Equifax acknowledges it sent customers to fake phishing site   

  2:06 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  CNBC's Aditi Roy reports on how hackers attempted to probe Equifax in March, and how the company accidentally sent customers to a phishing site disguised as a dedicated site to helping those affected by the breach.

• SEC security systems are decades old: Fmr. SEC attorney   

  7:49 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Scott Kimpel, former SEC attorney, discusses the security systems protecting the database that was hacked in the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• Homeland Security found SEC had 'critical' cyber weaknesses in January

  1:02 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security detected five "critical" cyber security weaknesses on the Securities and Exchange Commission's computers as of January 23, 2017, according to a confidential weekly report reviewed by Reuters.

• Equifax CEO will now testify before the Senate too

  1:05 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  CEO Richard Smith will testify before the Senate Banking Committee about the Equifax security breach.

• 'Hacker' is the wrong word; we should look for 'spies': Carbon Black's Eric O'Neill   

  11:56 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Eric O’Neill, Carbon Black national security strategist and former FBI operative, and Mike Armistead, Respond Software CEO, discuss the fallout from recent hacks at the SEC and Equifax and how cybersecurity threats are growing.

• Henry Blodget: Government, corporations need to spend a lot more combatting hacks   

  11:38 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Henry Blodget, Business Insider founder and CEO, discusses the news that the SEC was hacked back in 2016.

• Former FBI agent: Companies like Equifax face risks of disclosing inaccurate information   

  3:36 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Leo Taddeo, Cyxtera CISO and former FBI special agent, discusses the new report that hackers had gained access to Equifax's systems back in March.

• SEC reveals it was hacked in 2016   

  10:32 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the latest on the newly reported 2016 hack into the Securities Exchange Commission.

• Wells Fargo CEO to testify before Senate in October

  9:49 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Wells Fargo's CEO is due to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Oct. 3, said sources familiar with the scheduled meeting.

• Why the U.S. was wide open to a disaster like Equifax   

  8:54 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Data breaches faced by Equifax revealed not just security lapses in the company, but a wider weakness in the U.S. credit reporting system, experts said.

• Why the United States was wide open to a disaster like Equifax

  8:45 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  It's not just security lapses that need patching in the U.S. credit reporting system, experts told CNBC.

• Distrustful US allies force spy agency to back down in encryption row

  3:51 AM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards.

• SEC says hackers may have traded using stolen insider information

  10:49 PM ET Wed, 20 Sept 2017

  The SEC said hackers may have illegally profited by trading using insider information stolen from its corporate disclosure database.

• Equifax says attacker 'interacted' with server on March 10

  9:37 PM ET Wed, 20 Sept 2017

  Equifax said that on March 10 an attacker "interacted" with a server at the heart of the massive breach disclosed this month.

• Three big lessons we all need to learn from the Equifax data breach

  9:33 PM ET Wed, 20 Sept 2017

  A greater emphasis on privacy would help create a culture that values security and is willing to put forth the effort to ensure it.