there should be a law -- reading the federal trade commission documents on this. these companies are allowed to charge for these freezes. we need to get something in place where when these kind of breeps happ breaches happen, none of them should be able to charge for the freezes and unfreezes. because it's their fault it was necessary. so that's just a comment. also from the federal trade commission website, it says a credit freeze restricts access to your credit report which in turn makes it more difficult for identity thieves to open new accounts in your name. and it says what's the difference between that and a fraud alert. it says a credit freeze locks down your credit, fraud alert allows creditors to get a copy of the credit report as long as they take steps to identify your identity if you provide a telephone number. the business must call you to verify whether you are the person making the credit request. fraud alerts may be effective at stopping someone from opening new credit accounts in your name but they may not prevent the misuse of your existing accou

. >>> and the federal trade commission has issued a new warning about a scam where potential victims of the massive equifax scam. >> they are calling and asking for account information. and they say don't fall for it. >> reporter: a new warning about scammers posing as eck question faction. the criminals calling and e-mailing saying after the data breach they want to verify account information. the federal trade commission explaini explaining concerned consumers are then asked to share personal and financial details steal their identities. the equifax breach potentially affect e affecting 143 million people, the hackers accessing social security numbers, birth dates, address and driver's license numbers. >> somebody shopping on my dime. this is going to be a headache. >> reporter: consumers can check the website equifax security 2017 f 2017. >> i deeply reget ret this incident. >> reporter: consistently check your credit report and never share information with anyone who calls or e-mails you. if you suspect you've been impacted by the breach or scammers, many advise freezing your cre

. >>> and the federal trade commission has issued a new warning about a scam where potential victims of the massive equifax scam. >> they are calling and asking for account information. the federal trade commission explaining they're asking consumers to reveal personal detailses. the hackers accessing social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, even some driver's license numbers and credit card numbers. >> somebody shopping on my dime. this is going to be a headache. >> reporter: consumers can check the website equifax security 2017.com to see if they've been potentially impacted. the company offering free credit monitoring. >> i deeply regret this incident. and i apologize to every affected consumer. >> reporter: and some advice from experts, consistency check your credit report and never share information with anyone who calls or e-mails you. if you suspect you've been impacted by the breach or scammers, many experts advise freezing your credit so new accounts can't be opened in your name. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> these scammers are so good sometimes. it's hard

: on wednesday, mark warner vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee urged the federal trade commission to investigate. >> right now we have 49 different laws around the country. we need a single law. >> reporter: warner is one of 37 senators from both parties who also asked the ftc, the justice department and the securities and exchange commission to look into possible insider trading. three equifax executives sold nearly $2 million in company stock days after the data breach was discovered. equifax says those officials were not aware of the hack. equifax says it is intensely investigating this intrusion and working with law enforcement as part of that investigation. anna werner, cbs news, new york. >> the company has set up a website, equifaxsecurity2017.com where you can find out if your information is compromised. they are also offering free credit monitors. >>> checking the wall street markets, the dow is up 38. it was a regard day as the dow reached a new all-time high! >>> let's check the weather with neda in for roberta. >> yeah. i have been watching a lot of people having fun h

. >>> the federal trade commission is launching an investigation into the massive security breach atax. hackers gained access to personal information of up to 143 million americans. the ftc doesn't typically comment on ongoing investigations. it went public in this case because of the attention it has received and the potential impact. >> and the mayor of houston has tapped shell. mayor sylvester turner picked marvin odom with the effort to rebuild. >> roxana saberi at new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, roxana. >>> ahead, car seat safety. withal'll show you some of the mistakes parents are making when they strap in their children for a ride. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i'm glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. for some, lyrica delivers effective relief for moderate to even severe fibromyalgia pain. and improves function. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with f

onthursday the federal trade commission took the unusual step it is confirming how hackers accessed sensitive data. associate director of the ftc privacy and protection division says the agency has sued about 60 companies that didn't take reasonable steps to protect private information. >> in many cases we found that companies had simple password, 2 letters password, they didn't update their software or fire walls. >> a lead information analyst says people in his department shared unmasked social security numbers to company offices overseas. >> this is people's personal informations. date of birth,addresses what's being sent to a third world country. >> after nearly 8 years with the company he was fired in 2015, in a dispute over his overtime pay and later sued. >> your information -- [audio difficulty]. >> we asked for a response to the allegations but did not hear back. the company settled thatlawsuit with him paying him $35,000 with no admission of wrongdoing. ex with a fax didnot respond to additional questions about the breach itself. . >>> all right. it's a beautifulafternoon. what's th

the federal trade commission just took the rare step of confirming it has opened an investigation. on capitol hill there is a bipartisan outcry and demand that company leaders be held accountable. valdez of privacy. >> 143 million americans are affected by this breach. that's nearly half the nation. a lot of us have been checking the equifax site from our newsroom to find out if our private information has been compromised. we'd like to hear about your experience. our flash survey asks if you've been affected by the equifax breach. so far more than half of you who responded say you still have not checked. coming up at 6:45, four things you need to know to protect your credit. >> yeah, trip to the newsroom, i think i saw the equifax sign on three different computers. >> i haven't checked yet. have you? >> yes, i did. i got on it. >>> all right, and folks, you do the same, all right. >>> now let's turn to politics and a battle over immigration that is so explosive that some of the nation's top leaders can't even seem to agree on what they talked about over dinner. >> democratic leade

. >> mason: the >> mason: the federal trade >> mason: the federal trade commission said today it's investigatingyber attack at equifax. the credit rating company revealed last week that hackers gained access to the personal information of about 143 million americans. anna werner is following this. >> reporter: consumers were still posting their outrage on social media, some complaining they tried to freeze their credit after the breach but couldn't, and wanted answers. equifax disclosed that the hackers stole the personal information of millions through a software vulnerability on a web server. the fix should have been an immediate security update, but the software's maker, the apache software foundation, says hackers exploited what it called equifax's failure to install the security updates in a timely manner. >> this was an urgent update. >> reporter: which cyber- security company executive michael landoway says is bad enough. at the fact that there was an unpatched server for a matter of months, just opened the door to the hackers. >> reporter: but landoway says among experts right now the bi

they compromised 143 million consumers, the federal trade commission is -- they reported they exploit software flaw that equifax could have corrected before the most recent breach in may >> more and more children and teens turning up in emergency rooms dependant on opioids, they found more than 50,000 patients diagnoseded compared with slightly more than 32,000 in 2008. >>> you may not wanted to extremities out about losing your hair, nor confident than men with a full head of hair. bruce will list, that's all i goes at the >> our floor director, what do you believe, about that >> he just gave us a thump up. >> there you go. >> i'm taller. ? let's talk about the weather forecast, we got a good weekend. >> we could see a spotty shower here and there. >> irma doesn't want to leave us alone. the humidity, but the we'll have sunshine. so you know, get ready for your on the outdoor plan, let's have a live look. not bad. we're seeing clouds, i can't rule out tonight, that and over the weekend we don't see a little bit of patchy fog as we continue to get the moisture still around the area, g

the federal trade commission joined the investigation into equifax after the massive data breach. a spokesperson for the ftc says the agency got involved because of the intense public interest in the breach. hackers have reportedly gained access to the personal data of 143 million people. equifax is accused of negligence after it failed to alert customers for more than two months after the breach happened. >>> nestle says it bought a majority stake in blue bottle l coffee. the high-end coffee based in oakland. nestle says blue bottle will help it boost its coffee business in the u.s. spending up to $500 million for a 68% stake in the hip coffee brand. >>> a mom is smiling big this morning after scoring $4,000 in travel vouchers on an overbooked flight. that's right. it happened on a delta flight packed with college finootball fans desperate to get to the georgia/notre dame game. the bidding to get someone to give up their seat started high. >> started at $1,500, $2,000, $2,200, finally the bidding got up to $3,000. came back at $4,000. without a flinch, i pressed the flight attend

the federal trade commission is also investigating. >> and caught on police dashcam officers in south carolina chased a man riding lawnmower down the street because he reportedly had open can of beer in happened. turns out as we told you it was town mayor and he is not facing any charges as of right now >> i guess you get perks when town mayor. >> must be. >> certainly paving that asphalt may be one of them. >> yeah. >> mowing it down. >> yes. >> so let's talk about weather in our area. i know you're also looking at the latest category four. >> category four. >> maria. >> that will sob bad for dominiqua and guadaloupea will heat them in puerto rico and tepdz to miss other island. we'll have to wait and see. no idea if it will have impact on us. tomorrow we feel a little bit of jose. as we look outside tonight cloud cover. hazy doesn't it? and looks real hazy as a matter of fact. what -- i better check the forecast. we've had low clouds and moisture coming in from the east and that is a little moisture probably not this hazy looks foggy there that's a bit of moisture from hurricane jos

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the federal trade commission is investigating the breach. >>> frightening scene at yesterday's yankeesball in the stands hit a toddler in the face. the child was sitting in the section just beyond that protective netting. the game was delayed while medical personnel tended to the girl. she was taken to a hospital and is expected to be okay. this is the latest incident though in the envelope lb mlb wn being involved. >> first daughter ivanka trump opened up about her battle with postpartum depression. trump says she struggled after the birth of all three of her children. the review came during an interview with dr. oz. she describes it as an emotional time where she wasn't living up to her potential as a parent or an entrepreneur. >>> an antislavery monument honoring nat turner. in 1831 turn he led a deadly slave up rising. some see turner as a freedom fighter while others say he's a murderer. the by 2019. those are your trending stories. >> holly thank you. 4:41 is our time this morning. coming up on fox5 news morning, a man jailed for 13 years for a crime he did not commit is finally

legislative lobbyist, and a state puc regulatory directors, i don't know who interfaced with the federal trade commission, i could tell you about that. that would be basically their work. one of the big rules unchanged are the media ownership rules, a lot of them are basically unchanged since 75. when you apply market perspectives to newspapers, radio stations, where do you think the fcc should go from here? >> that's an issue i've been studied much, but the principles go back to something i was talking about earlier. the markets are changing this fast, i think it's better to let the markets, the economics, the customers play it out, rather than say i'm going to keep you in this box and dominoes in this box, because the boxes go away. >> mark jamieson has been our guest on the communicators. he is a visiting scholar at avi, he is also a professor at the university of florida, where he is the public utility research center director. thank

. >>> the federal trade commission is investigating the massive data breach at equifax. the ftc doesn't normally comment on ongoing investigations but the agency confirmed the probe in light of the intense public scrutiny. shares of equifax were off another 2% today and are down more than 30% over the past week. >>> senator al franken has some concerns over apple's new iphone which can be unlocked with a scan of your face. the minnesota senator asked the company to provide more information about how facial recognition will affect users' privacy and security. the senator also wants to know what happens to that face scan data and how apple plans to respond to requests from law enforcement for access to the facial recognition system. the senator asked for a response by october 1 >>> it's a radical idea, taxing robots. bill gates first suggested it earlier this year. and now a big california city is taking it one step further. aditi roy is in cupertino, cali >> can i get some water? >> reporter: bill beyer is traveling for work this week. he came back to his hotel room after

trying to regulate everything that touched the internet, and we are more comfortable with the federal trade commission focusing on privacy. they gave it the do not call and all these other things and that's a regime that everyone in washington is comfortable with. >> at the front hover this exit is a big map of the u.s. listing all the job each state that has supported or directly related to the tech comment. what the aggregate number? >> i believe over 12 million jobs directly and inredirect, everything from the retailers and best buy who celtic nothing to workers at apple and sony and intel and squall. >> donald trump wants to bring jobs to the u.s. is that something the tech community can feasibly do? >> absolutely. we have jobs that are unfilled today because we are not training our kids in software development and stem. we have great universities. we're getting kids from around the world. the smartest people come here and we're kicking them out. we have literally millions of jobs open today and we have to good overseas if we can't -- are focusing on that and our may 3rd conference in washington,

>> the federal trade commission, hackers gained access to the personal information of up to 143 million americans. the ftc typically doesn't comment on ongoing investigations the agency said it went public because of the attention it has received and the potential impactment you can see where financial protection bureau has also said it is looking into the company's response to the hacking and lawmakers called for hearings on it. >> just the beginning on that. >> and the women's shoe department, though, oh, i'm telling you. women and shoes. >> that frightens me. >> you need like combat to pay for. that will we'll check back with you in the next hour. coming up after the break, another check on weather and traffic. >> katie? >> yes, that's right, guys. tan looks to me as though we'll enjoy for the most part pretty quiet all be it summer weather coming up in the forecast, but also keeping close watch on what goes on with jose's track. it could have indirect >> welcome back, everyone, minimal traffic currently out there, really for the most part pretty clear skies overhead. >> pretty nice

. >> the federal trade commission is now among the agencies investigating the credit-monitoring company. in the meantime, consumers are running into more roadblocks as they try to protect their vital and personal information. the equifax debacle is the worst data breach in u.s. history. it's forcing as many as 143 million americans to call the nation's three major credit agencies to freeze their credit reports. the agencies report being swamped with calls, and even if you get through, freezing your credit report can take up to three days. it can cost you money and put a chill on your consumer habits. >> name, address, social, date of birth, that information's not going to change. it has perpetual fall to a fraudster. in five years, the threat is not gone. in ten years and 20 years, the threat is not gone. judge. >> by freezing your credit card, you cannot buy a house or car or take advantage of special purchase offers. this sunday at 10:00, "at issue" will take a closer look at the breach and what it means for your credit. join rosemary sunday morning at 11:30 only on nbc10. >>> it appe

the federal trade commission saying if you get such a call, do not give out any information and justg up the phone. >>> now to a reported extortion plot against comedian kevin hart. hart posting an emotional video to instagram apologizing to his pregnant wife and family. he doesn't go into detail, but reports say someone was threatening to release a video of hart with another woman. hart saying he made an error in judgment and a bad decision. >>> finally, a wild image from australia. a koala bear, surviving a harrowing ride in the wheel well of a car. the driver, discovering the animal after traveling some ten miles, immediately calling animal rescuers, who got it out. the koala, who is okay, was released back into the wild after being monitored for a week. >>> up next, from the battlefield to medical school. the wounded warrior who lost his legs in combat, but not his dreams. stay with us. grew into a free-wheeling kid... loved every step of fatherhood... and made old cars good as new. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed

the federal trade commission is among the agencies investigating the credit-monitoring company. consumers are running into roadblocks as they try to protect their vital information. the equifax deback emis the worst data breach in u.s. history. it's forcing as many as 143 million americans, about half the population, to call the country's three major credit agencies to freeze their credit reports. as you can imagine, the agencies are swamped with calls. even if you get through, freezing your credit report can take up to three days, could cost you money, and put a chill on your consumer habits. >> your name, address, social, date of birth is not going to change. it has perpetual value to a fraudster. in five years, ten, 20 years, the threat is not gone. >> great. by freezing your score, you can't get financing for a house because obviously the mortgage company has to check your credit. same for a car or if you want to take advantage of a special purchase offer. this sunday on nbc10, we'll be taking a closer look at the breach. we'll talk to a local expert about what it means for

exchange commission, which regulates the sale of stocks and shares in companies and also the federal trade commissionnot commenting but it had a negative impact on the stock, which is down around 27%. and shocking revelations by the company's and shocking revelations by the compa ny‘s activities in and shocking revelations by the company's activities in argentina? this company, you are talking about activities in argentina, there have been questions about all sorts of practices, now people are asking questions about canada. here's the thing. people are questioning the leadership of the company after this hack. they are saying there are three lessons when it comes to crisis management, you had to be quick, candid, you should be repented. executives on the top leaders of the companies have been slow to show... we know the disclosure came six weeks after the hack and people are looking at activities in other countries, here in the us they were charging people $10 at one point if they wanted to sign upfor $10 at one point if they wanted to sign up for credit checks or notifications that someone was looki

. >>> the federal trade commission said today it's investigating the massive cyberattack at equifax.he credit raid raigt company revealed last week that hackers gained access to the personal information of about 143 million americans. anna werner is following this. >> reporter: consumers posting their outrage on social media. some complaining they tried to freeze their credit but couldn't and wanted answers. equifax disclosed that the hackers stole information through a software vulnerability on a web server. the software's maker, the apache software foundation said that they failed to update the updates in an urgent matter which is bad enough. >> the fact that there was an unpatched server for a matter of months just opened the door to the hackers. >> reporter: but he says among experts right now the bigger question is once the hackers got in was the consumer data protected through encryption or not? >> if it was uncrypted there is nothing that can be done. the hackers are buying and selling everything there is to know about our identity on the dark web. >> reporter: the massachuset

move on real quick because we're running out of time here on this next topic equifax the federal trade commission confirmed today that it is investigating the colossal data breach at the credit reporting firm that breach exposed the personal information of at least one hundred forty three million americans to hackers and also appears to have made three of the company's top executives including its c.e.o. a cool couple million dollars one point eight million dollars the executives of this company sold off right before they claim to have learned about this breach of course the american people didn't learn about the bridge until six weeks later after that. there's reporting of the company was negligent with security patches you know that initially equifax said that this was vulnerabilities in their website it's since been revealed that they had patches for those vulnerabilities but never installed them what should happen to a company that is this negligent and blows it this bad to where they've exposed one hundred forty four million people depend potential identity theft. going oh my answer would be

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that's why we brought in expert here, he's the assistant director of the federal trade commissions division, privacy and identity protection. give us talking. >> particularly concerning is the kind of data that's here. the social security numbers, there are dates of birth. there's credit card numbers, driver's license numbers, this is all the information that identity thieves can use to steal money from people. >> so what's the first thing we should do. what we understand we're suppose to go right through equifax's web site. let's take a look what you'll do and see when we go there. what should we do once we're on this on our web site. >> equifax has created this web site to tell people whether they've been effected by this breach or not. there's a place where you can go under potential impact to see and enter in information including last six digits of social security number. i would advise people to be careful and make sure you're on a computer when you're doing this. that information is information that, if, again, if it gets out ca harm. >> normally it's the last four digits, i know tod

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both the federal trade commission and the fbi are investigating. >>> there is anger on the streets of st. louis, missouri, following the acquittal of a police officer had in a racially charged case. friday, former police officer jason stockily was found not guilty of murdering -- of the murder, rather, of anthony lamar smith, this happening back in 2011. the decision was reached by a judge, not a jury, and the decision sparked protests across the city. you see this image, the video of protesters walking the streets in st. louis. four police officer were injured. 23 people have been arrested in those demonstrations. >> it was a mostly peaceful process overnight. protesters marching for miles but when they got to the mayor's house, they decided they wanted to break the mayor's windows. once that happened, officers swarmed the windows and once they swarmed the windows, they asked people to leave. for most of the night, it's been peaceful. protesters have been marching and talking about a change for justice. a lot hasn't healed here ever since michael brown and what happened in ferguson.

the federal trade commission has announced it will be investigating the hack.ax also wound up in the crosshairs of senate minority leader chuck schumer earlier thursday. ly andifax, stunning ethically -- epically, failed to perform one of its two duties as a company, to protect the information of the people in its files. that's unacceptable, and there's no other word for it. emily: joining me now to discuss bloomberg's mike riley and my guest host for the hour, techonomy ceo, david kirkpatrick. mike, how could they not have patched this vulnerability? isn't their main job to protect our information? mike: that's right. the consumer credit agencies often go around telling people before this that they basically have one job, and that is security, so they clearly failed at the job. it's a story like always that is a little bit more complicated. there was a patch out for this vulnerability. it should have been fixed, but the other side of the story is those fixes aren't always easy. they are built into web apps. you have to change not just one web app, but multiple

the hack and between six's response already under investigation by the federal trade commission as youfrom our reporting periods between six said last week, hackers gained access with names and social security numbers for over 433 consumers between mid-may and july were affected. president obama is cashing in, making some big dollars with a series of speeches to wall street firms. some big ones. kristin fisher is life. it's america. capitalism shines. we like it. politically for his party, how is his cash flow looking? >> $400,000 a speech, and this is according to a report from bloomberg. the former president was paid that amount to speak to clients of northern trust corporation and then last week he spoke to the carlyle group, when the world's biggest private equity firms, and next week, he is expected to speak at a health care conference for investment bank cantor fitzgerald. the spokesman for the former president said, his paid speeches and part have allowed him to contribute $2 million to chicago programs giving job training and employment opportunity to low income youth. harris,

we did check with the federal trade commission for signs indicating what could be a scam.were asked to do this, pay before they do any work for you? don't do it. that's a big red flag. also, do not contact the credit reporting company? that's another red flag. or if they ask you to dispute accurate information in your credit report. folks remember, we'll say it before. if it seems too good to be true, it is usually a scam. >> get rich quick. mark you a starover night. >> help you out. too good to be true. >> all right. thank you. >>> if you have consumer complaints for nbc 10, head to nbc.com and fill out the form. give us a call. nbc news at 6 is next. >> first up at 6:00 an all new protecting police who shoot people. a judge decides whether you should find out which officer fired the weapon. and later, will drivers kneel during the national anthem at na nascar this weekend. that's all new at 6:00. >> and feeling like autumn, do i have a weekend forecast that's going to make you want to pull out your boots and your fall coats. come on back. . right now at 6:00, child kill

federal trade commission wondering if anyone calls you and claims to be from equifax come he should hang because it is a scam. workers on strike that gm plans with the automaker. the union was in talks with gm about 625 jobs and shift production to mexico. the plan assembled a chevrolet equinox crossover. trade your president trump heads to the united nations where the nuclear threat will obviously be a major topic of conversation. joining us now with political science professor dr. bruce backed all a president george w. bush, brad lake man. i begin with you. what do you expect the president to say when he addresses for the first time tomorrow. >> i think you will rally the world come to take them to task and challenge them to de-escalate the crisis on the korean peninsula. curiously enough, the two major antagonist in the world will not be present. china and russia will not be present for donald trump speech to the u.n. and that is very troubling because china has no bigger challenge dm trying to calm the situation and get they are not there in russia. of course destabilizing the middle

you can't get angry, we have to let congress and the federal trade commission deal with them.e to take certain steps like right now to to protect ourselves. let me offer you some of these steps if that's okay. there is a great website that equifax set up called equifax security 2017.come. it will ask you for your last name and last six digits of your social security number and it will tell you if you've been affected by this data breach. like you said earlier with the hundred 43 million people, chances are you probably have been affected. equifax will then offer you what they call a credit protection and a credit monitoring service. it's free if you sign up for a before november 4. you will have to give some information about yourself. they're asking for more private information like your social security number as well as your address and birth date which people get very nervous about, but our recommendation is give them that information. >> what do they do with the. >> it will do two things. it will freeze your credit account, it will actually lock it. it means anybody that i

food and drug, federal trade commission and the centers for disease control caution against the use of at-home testing kit. the result of any genetic test should be interpreted by a trained healthcare provider or genetic councillor. this is not available in pharmacies. you have to go to the company website, purchase it and you will get it in the mail and give a saliva sa mail it to the lab and you should get tests results in three to six weeks with complimentary consultation. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: meanwhile an access who starred as an actress on two tv shows is sharing how she had to turn to the professionals for help. kate walsh reveals she suffered physical and cognitive problems until she had a benign brain tumor removed. it was a lemonnized -- lemon size tumor. she is encouraging people to get annual checkups. >> i'm kellye lynn in prince william county where a $300,000 gift is taking science class to a new level. that story is coming up in "spotlight on education." larry: later people from the local airports are fighting back against the noise. >> lights, camera,

the number one complaint in the the federal trade commission came from 703. may notice more robo calls from what look like local numbers and you are thinking it is the baby sitter or your neighbor or could look like your nub. that is a new trend called neighborhood spoofing. the experts say you have to resist the urge to pick up the phone. don't answer it. according to them any number answered but to the robo caller is a good number and will mean you will probably get called again. tomorrow we are rolling out a huge list of things you can do to help lesson the amount you get on your phone including registering with the do not call list. a lot of companies will go around it. regardless it is a good place to start. secondly employ third party screening such as an app. you can get a cloud service and work with your carrier to see if they can help you reduce robo calls and don't give out personal information over the phone. if you have a feeling that you have a wrong feeling about it, a red flag going up that maybe you aren't talking to who they say they are, han

the federal trade commission is now looking into the breach. there are reports that hackers exploit ed a software flaw that was detected back in march. a flaw that equifax could have fixed before the breach in may. if you're going to a park researchers say don't let your child sit on your lap when you go down the slide. more than 3,350,000 children under six years of age were hurt on slides across the country from 2002 until 2015. many of those injuries were leg fractures. doctors say kids are lower likely to hurt their lower leg or shin bone while they're sitting on their parents' lap go down that slide. do you remember this, the boy from northern virginia wrote president trump who said it was an honor to cut t my favorite story. frank ghot only got to mow the lawn, he also got to meet the president. after entire gross garden they visited the oval office. they stopped in the press briefing room and they got to see a whole lot more at the white house. fx he never realized his offer to help the president would get so much attention. first i got

in september 2012, federal trade commission was preparing to decide whether to charge google with antitrustviolations. the biggest insight but trust foundation for the landmark case against microsoft in the '90s. toward an unfavorable decision google's sent the ftc chairman a letter and attached those google funded supposedly independent research papers in support of its argument. they obviously did the trick because google placed the changes business practice and didn't pay the fine. i guess it helps to have some of the nation's top academics in your pocket. to be fair to google, all this really shows is that they have grown from a quirky startup into a massive global corporation just like all the others. they compete in a swamp where propaganda like industry funded research is now the norm. microsoft which is the far left population being paid harvard professor who criticized google for being biased and verizon at&t and qualcomm have all funded academic papers supporting their side in various fights with google. make no mistake, industry funded research from top academics delivers busines

federal trade commission announced it's looking into how equifax launched personal information of 143 million americans. the consumer financial protection bureau on the case and the house financial services committee is lining up hearings. we reported this mond website used to sign up for free credit protection. we haven't received answer from equifax if they plan to fix the website. live in the newsroom, nathan baca, abc7 news. alison: thank you. woman is $4,000 richer. after delta auctioned off the seat of an overbooked flight. >> they started at $1,500, $2,000. can you believe it? the flight was headed to the galaxy note 7 game. delta hoped they would give up the seat so the plane could take off. as the money increased tracy smith's interest piqued. >> i said if they get to $4,000 i'm getting off the plane. they came back and i pressed the flight attendant button. >> yeah. wouldn't you? smith was able to get on another flight. meeting up with her family in south bend eight hours later she had $4,000 in travel vouchers in her pocket. larry: thrilled for her but again why doesn't it

federal trade commission is the latest agency to announce an investigation into the facts security breachn from 143 million americans was accessed or stolen in the hackberry the ftc joins the consumer financial protection bureau. nearly 40 states wanting some answers from equifax. multiple reports tonight that north korea has fired another missile reportedly traveled east. the japanese government is saying it flew over japan traveling with -- jim mattis was interviewing the head of -- the interview was abruptly ende ended. a general asked his staff if something had happened we will get a live report greg palkot. north korea firing this missile, another threat from the north koreans as the administration is trying to figure out how best to deal with this threat from the nuclear north. what was agreed to, if anything, between president trump and democratic leaders on immigration, daca. we will ask a special panel from "the five" here in new york after a quick break. it can detect a threat using ai, and respond 60 times faster. it lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server.