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Equifax is plunging after announcing a massive security breach

Shares are down more than 13%.

Equifax was slammed in premarket trading early Friday, down 13.82%, the morning after the company revealed a massive data breach.

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After Thursday's closing bell, the company announced that personal details, including names and Social Security numbers, of more than 143 million customers were potentially accessed by hackers from mid-May to July. Equifax said c

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