FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
April 4, 2018
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts may move forward with a lawsuit accusing credit reporting firm Equifax Inc <EFX.N> of failing to safeguard its databases or provide prompt notice of a breach that exposed the personal data of 147 million people, a state court judge has ruled.
Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger in Boston in a decision made public on Wednesday denied a motion by Equifax to dismiss a lawsuit that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed in September after the breach was disclosed.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Tom Brown)
