Wednesday, October 4, 2017

The Monopoly™ Man Is All Of Us Today

The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week, even as lawmakers lash the embattled company about a massive security breach that exposed personal information of as many as 145.5 million Americans.
Equifax’s former chief executive Richard Smith repeatedly deflected questions from a Senate Banking Committee panel Wednesday about a $7 million IRS contract the company recently received to help prevent fraud and whether the company could profit from the hack that exposed sensitive data of 145 million people.
Smith endured a barrage of tough questions in the second of four congressional committees he is set to visit this week as lawmakers probe the company’s massive data breach and its bungled response. After twelve years at the helm of Equifax, Smith stepped down as CEO last week, and is the only company representative slated to appear before lawmakers. 
Seated behind Smith within camera shot was a critic─Rich Uncle Pennybags.  The mascot of the iconic board game Monopoly™ went full-tilt in the act of mockery dressed in a morning suit, top hat, red bow tie and a bushy white moustache.
Public Citizen, an advocacy group that monitors government accountability, claimed responsibility for sending the board game mascot to the hearing.  The “mascot” also distributed “Get Out Of Jail Free” cards to all one hundred Senate offices.

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