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Equifax Engineer Who Designed Breach Website Charged With Insider Trading

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicted a former Equifax engineer on charges of insider trading.

According to court documents, Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, 44, of Cumming, Georgia, worked for Equifax between September 2003 and March 2018.

Starting September 2013, Bonthu worked as Production Development Manager of Software Engineering in Equifax’s Global Consumer Solutions (GCS) business unit. Bonthu’s job involved creating software for Equifax’s internal use, but also for its clients.

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