The CEO of Atlanta-based credit monitoring agency Equifax, Richard Smith, resigned Tuesday in light of a cyberattack that exposed the personal information and social security numbers of more than 143 million people.
Smith leaves a company that still faces dozens of class-action lawsuits, including one filed by former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes, in wake of the data breach.
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