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How Equifax is using AI to elevate its cybersecurity

25 August 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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25 August 2026

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Cybersecurity

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United States

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Fusion42 · 25 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

Equifax is leveraging AI to enhance its cybersecurity in response to a 30% increase in AI-driven cyberattacks, implementing passwordless authentication across its ecosystem and using a quantitative risk engine to map business exposure.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You must upgrade basic cyber hygiene now or risk being outpaced by AI-driven attacks that cut your patching window in half. Equifax’s move to passwordless and business risk mapping sets the minimum bar for security teams under this new AI threat pressure.

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