its former c-e-o "richard smith" will all eyes on equifax. its former c-e-o "richard smith" will testify before two senate committees. equifax is in the hot seat over a massive data breach. that hack - put more its former c-e-o "richard smith" will testify before two senate committees. equifax is in the hot seat over a massive data breach. that hack - put more than 145 million americans' private information at risk. stay with abc-7 and wjla.com for continuing coverage of those hearings on the hill. there will soon be fewer parking spaces in the dupont circle area. a year-long pilot program begins october 19th. it will impact the two blocks of connecticticut avenue just south of dupont circle. they'll become no parking zones thursday, friday, and saturday nights from 10 p.m. until seven the following mornings. from midnight until four a.m. about one-thousand pedestrians are in that area each hour. officials say clearing the area of parked cars will make it safer for people hailing uber and lyft. but people who work at night there say taking aw

so we went out and looked for more sound from the ceo, richard smith. let me tell you what we found. he speaks to a university of georgia audience, a business school audience, crowing about the company, calling it a world class, state of the art technology company. oh, by the way, do we make money on fraud? listen to this. >> fraud is a huge opportunity for us. it's a massive, growing business for us. >> a massive, growing business for equifax. in terms of revenue, they made 402 million in revenue, on total company revenue on 1.2 billion. operating income, 1 is 2 million on 817 total income. big important part of the business. stuart: equifax is toast. well-done. amazing stuff. gerri willis, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. stuart: check the big board, we're up 24 points. 22,685. more "varney" after this.

richard smith will also say that he is sorry.2.5 million more customers may have been impacted by the breach. the personal information of nearly one in two americans lost on after one of the three major american checking agencies was hacked. everybody should be nervous. that is your life there. i think the company sucks. they ought to go to jail. hundreds and thousands of people's information at risk. this man, richard smith, the equifax boss who retired last week will say human error and technology failure were to blame. chicago became the latest city to suit equifax. the mayor demanding to know how hackers stole the data. equifax failed to protect information of chicago consumers and failed to notify them in a timely manner. july 29 was the first breach. three senior executives sold shares and the public was not told about the hack roughly six weeks later. this is really almost an attack on our economic system. mark warner, urged congress to rethink data protection policy. right now we have 49 different laws around the country.

stuart: richard smith, equifax guy. i learned, what i did in my role as ceo and chairman of the board. also what i know about the incident as a result of being briefed, the company's investigation investigation which is on going. we know the criminal attack was made possible because of a combination of human error, and technological error. the human error involved a failure to apply a software patch to our dispute portal in march of 2017. technological error involved a scanner, which failed to detect that vulnerability on that particular portal. both errors have since been addressed. on july 29th and july 30th, suspicious activity was detected and team followed security incident protocol. the team immediately shut down the portal and began our internal security investigation. on august second, we hired top cyber security forensic and legal experts. at that time we notified the fbi. at that time, to be clear, we did not know the nature or the scope of the incident. it. it was not until late august we concluded we experie

i want to point out happening richard smith of equifax is answering questions before a house panel onhat massive data breach his former company of course sat down. you can watch the entire event on bloomberg tv go. the stock down 25% since the breach. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> they quickly get what is happening. today, the best since july 2015. ended in's last run 2006. the terminal uncovers all sorts of marvelous fax. this shows the discrepancy performance between the eye banks in spain, falling for a second day and the blue line, both down since the high in may. date it is outperforming the european benchmark. today.p marginally the dollar is on the move. euro-dollar down is our preferred expression of dollar strength in the near-term. spain, germany. we had a big blowout in the spread, the most since august. it will change today. how is looking over there? >> looking mix. we started higher, which would mean records once again. the nasdaq has been flirting with losses as we see the things stockscontinuing -- fang continuing. sales,ers are reporting toyota with a 15% gain. chrysler bet

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(voice fading away) >> yesterday, richard smith apologized for last month's massive sign area tack sayinge hack was result of "human error and technology failures and compromised information on more than 1 45 million people. lawmakers wanted to know more about that breach and the timing during which the top three equifax skuvdz sold their shares in the company and during smith's hearing today a woman representing consumer advocacy group had social media buzzing. take a look at this she dressed as rich uncle penny bags from the money openly board game. you may know him as monopoly man. amanda warner in arbitration campaign manager for public citizen and money profit corporation watchdog organization and visible over richard smith left shoulder in senate banking committee live webcast of public citizen condemned forced arbitration clauses and says have allowed being question fax and similar to punish con southers and equifax will pass go and select way more than 200. joining us to talk about the fallout from equifax beef and high profile hacks national security institute and add just profes

as you mentioned, all of this comes as former ceo richard smith testifies before lawmakers on capitol hill today. in prepared testimony smith says he is deeply sorry this occurred and the company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers shares of equifax has fallen nearly 25% over the past month down about a half percent in early trading. >> there will be a lot of outrage at that one. landon, thank you. >>> also in washington, wells fargo ceo tim sloan heading to capitol hill to face the senaban committee. he will be pressed on the massive fak e account scandal. sloan will tell lawmakers the company recognized too late the full scope and problems of the bank, but that wells fargo is a better bank today than it was a year ago sloan's testimony comes about a year after his predecessor, john stumpf's hearings which played a big part in his resignation. wells fargo shares are little changed here ahead of the open there's still a lot of questions for wells fargo as well. >> for sure. >> i think equifax is front and center >> much more current this w

ousted equifax c-e-o richard smith is expected back on capitol hill today.. testify about that massive data breach. yesterday, members of the senate banking committee grilled him. smith accepted responsibility for the massive hack americans' sensitive information. but senators want to know why stocks were sold just days after the company learned about the breach. smith is set to appear today beore the house financial services committee. the house financial services committee. take a look at this. during questioning - it was a woman sitting behind smith who is getting all the attention online. as you can see-- she was dressed up as the monopoly man -- and sitting right behind richard smith. amanda werner also brought get out of jail free' cards. according to her twitter profile, she's a campaign manager at a non-profit advocacy organization. a new report is shedding new light on your college loans. on your college loans. the report by the national center of education statistics found that students who attended for-profit colleges were twice as likely or more t

former equifax ceo richard smith answered questions about them massive database breach.ed executives who sold stock after the breach occurred. collects all the new at the time was there was suspicious activity. >> it could be a breach, right? it was deemed suspicious activity. we had no idea that the pii was that compromised. we had no idea if data was extricated at that time. shery: joining us now is elizabeth deck summer. the executives who did those shares honorable men. tell us some of the highlights. elizabeth: we learned that echo facts messed up. -- equifax messed up. there were systems in place the companies did not follow in the company was not prepared to deal with the fallout of this massive breach. it's going to be a fame of moving forward as we start to see more policy issues debated to prevent these ranges from andening or improve systems standards in place. the central question is are didn'tules and equifax follow them, or do there need to be better rules and regulations put in place? david: the lawmakers first -- heard,makers' voice is she reintroduced le

richard smith: i'm not sure it was a no-bid, my understan details, senator, it's with the irs, it's awe've had in the past and it's being renewed. sharyl: sasse said congress will be looking into it next week on "full measure" -- the horrific damage in the u.s. territory of puerto rico from hurricane maria has created what some call a humanitarian crisis. but there's another crisis looming. the island government is facing a possible shutdown this month. the result of a financial disaster that was largely self-inflicted, according to puerto rico's governor. gov. ricardo rossello: government was ran, essentially, as a big ponzi scheme, and we were at the last level. sharyl: it sounds like, at least, mismanagement and perhaps even corruption. gov. rossello: yes, certainly. certainly mismanagement, certainly a total lack of accountability in puerto rico, managerial foresight, and certainly corruption. sharyl: the uphill battle to fix puerto rico. it's a story you won't see anywhere else. on the next "full measure." thanks for watching. until for more stories that hold powers accountable.

> the former equifax ceo returned to capitol hill to meet with the senate banking committee >> richard smitht got abolished up there on that hearing on capitol hill after massive cyber attack saying the hack was as a result of humor robber and technology failures. more than 145 million people, lawmakers still wanted to know more about that breach and more about the timing at which the top three then sold their shares in the company. interesting timing. now, smith's hearing today, a woman representing consumer advocacy groups got a lot of attention. >> she dressed as rich uncle penny bags from the monopolily board game, arbitration manager for public citizens was visible over richard smith left shoulder's live web cast of his testimony. of o'connell did he meaned force companies like companies like equifax to avoid punishment comparing them to a get out of jail free card >> did you know know the monopoly man had a name? >> no >> you learn something new every day >> a town trying to make amazon an offer it cannot refuse. stone crest voted to change its name to amazon if the company picks it >>

richard smith got a public scolding at a congressional subcommittee hearing yesterday.s he's taking full responsibility for that hack and he believes both technology and human errors were responsible for it happening. >>> when you get behind the wheel today, pay some extra attention. that is because it is international walk to school today. you might see a lot of students on the roads, crossing the streets. there are a lot of schools participating, including arlington, prince george's county as well as well as the district. that's a look at what's going on. >>> right now. >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. >> hump day! >> hump day is here. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i love these fall temperatures. the heat is coming back very soon according to miri. >> today, is that soon enough? we're definitely going to notice a warmup today and tomorrow. i think tomorrow will be one of the warmest days of the coming week. 50s and 40s heading out. you'll need that sweater or jacket. by the afternoon you can relax a little bit. we'll have short sleeve or t- shirt weather. mostly sunny

we have been sitting in on this hearing it's still under way right now with former equifax ceo richard smith getting grilled by 23 lawmakers on this house subcommittee here's what we've learned so far. when smith was questioned about why it took the company 40 days to notify the public about the breach, he said initially they didn't understand the scope of the breach, initially it was termed as suspicious activity and they didn't know the scope and breadth and depth of what had happened also he was asked about the stock sales of the three equifax executives, including the company's ceo. after the breach was discovered, the company maintained the executives didn't know about the breach when they made the sales. during this hearing he did confirm that the company's general counsel did have to sign off on those stock sales, so a little tidbit there, and finally richard smith did start off his testimony with an apology, saying that as ceo he's the one who is ultimately responsible for what goes wrong, and that he is truly and deeply sorry for what happened. we will continue to monitor the hearin

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equifax's ceo richard smith facing down the house after the company exposed the private information of 146 million americans. congressman who led that hearing, republican bob latta of ohio has exited and heading to our cameras. what he learned and what all of us should learn from the equifax cyberfail. >>> the bulls fiddle and play and aim for the second straight day of record closes. the yellow warning flag one top wall street bank is waving around to get your attention. we'll explain. less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the "countdown." breaking news -- president trump about to board a u.s. naval ship off hurricane ravaged puerto rico. it will happen in about 28 minutes. he will meet with the governors of both puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. we're going to bring that to you when it happens and when we get it. back on wall street. the phrase record shies becoming a part of our everyday lexicon as all three major indices race to nail record closes at the close here. dow jones industrials up about 79, 80 points. the nasdaq moving higher by about 9. automakers fue

then we found out richard smith was retiring as well.ter from the moment it refused to take that patch, was it apache? lou: they sent out the warning, the security coordinate door sent out the warning. there was so much notice here and this was such a needless act of negligence on the part of equifax. >> and mr. smith is going to get upwards of $90 million when you include stock. but we as the consumers will have to pay for things. i see how your pay step works. don't saddle me with your free stuff that probably won't work any better. there needs to be a version of digital protection the same way we treat financial protection. until you take away these $90 million paydays from ceos. lou: our question tonight for our audience is, should he not be subject to a massive fine and the company responsible for restitution for permitting through its extreme negligence a cyber attack that has taken those files of the most of personal data and put it in the hands of evil-doers. >> who is going to fine them? the sec? they had their own compromise an

richard smith, former equifax ceo: "it will protect them going forward."rep.ben ray lujan, (d) new mexico: "will it make them whole? yes or no."richard smith, former equifax ceo: it is hard for me to tell if someone's been harmed, so i can't answer the question.i'm stacey cohan reporting. (grant) dozens of families mourning the loss... of the 59 people killed in the las vegas tragedy. including a local novato mother. (vicki) after the break, kron four's spencer blake joins us live from las vegas with the latest. (grant) a bay area family is mourning the loss of a wife and mother who was killed in las vegas.(vicki) the family of stacee etcheber confirmed her death this morning. kron four's spencer blake is live in las vegas near mandalay vegas near mandalay bayto take you through what the etcheber family did to try and find her alive. spencer? stacee's husband vinnie and his brother had a lot of hope in finding her alive somewhere here in vegas after they couldn't contact her all day yesterday. her brother-in-law al etcheber drove all the way here monday after

onat behind richard smith the c-span cameras.oughout his two hours of testimony, i was making silly faces, twirling my mustache. the reason for that was to make it more entertaining for folks, make sure folks were paying attention. this is one of the most important hearings we have seen in the senate this year. amy: let's go to a clip of senator john kennedy questioning the ceo of equifax, in which we can see you behind smith. , which you my data have not paid me for. your earning a good living -- which i don't deny you. but your earning your money by selling my data that you get for me and don't pay for two other people. but if the data is wrong that you have about me, i would think you would want to make it as easy as possible to correct it, not as hard as possible. >> i understand your point. it is an important point for the entire industry to make the consumers really as possible. amy: if you can respond to that, amanda werner, and talk about how specifically equifax will be benefited by this striking of the rule that the vic

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richard smith will also say that he is sorry.ore customers may have been impacted by the breach, bringing the total of americans who may have had their data stolen to 145.5 million. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @benmbland. they've been a part of our lives for over 30 years, but you have just 13 days left to spend any old pound coins that might be lining your purses and pockets. 0ur correspndent tim muffett reports. all change again. when the new pound coin was introduced in march, this company had to adapt 4000 vending machines. for seven months, company had to adapt 4000 vending machines. forseven months, both coins have been accepted, but not for much longer. we've got to programme them so that they will just take the new coins and reject the old ones. after it 11:59pm on sunday, october 15, the old ones. after it 11:59pm on sunday, 0ctober15, businesses will no longer be obliged to accept the old £1 coin. it will cease being legal tender. the real mint and the treasury said the

former ceo richard smith expected back on capitol hill to testify about the massive data breach. lawmakers hammered him with tough questions yesterday. smith accepted responsibility for the hack that exposed 145 million information. --ajor question, sensitive senators want to know why stocks were sold days after the company learned about the breach. >> the general counsel had no indication of a security breach at that time. >> i'm going to tell you something and this is just a fact and it may have been done with the best of intentions and no intent for insider trading, but this really stinks. i mean, it really smells really bad. some more tough questions expected today. larry: thanks for that. during questioning, it was a woman sitting behind smith getting all the attention. you can see the color right there. she is dressed up as the monopoly man sitting right behind richard smith. according to her twitter profile, she is the campaign advocacy organization. panthers quarterback cam newton catching a lot of heat. here is what he said to a reporter yesterday. funchessfun chest -- se

richard smith. he will be testifying before four different committees this week. >>> financial and persona >>> financial and personal information exposed, and the person testifying today, the former chair and ceo of the company. richard smith. he will be testifying before four different committees this week. .

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>> this morning former equifax ceo richard smith heads to the senate for two hearings.e caught him yesterday, he walked past our cameras as he headed out of a house subcommittee hearing but he remained tight-lipped. he told the subcommittee it took the company 40 days to notify the public about the breach because it took weeks to understand the depth and breadth of the breach. he maintains the three executives who sold stock after the breach was discovered did not know about the hack when they sold shares this morning before the senate banking committee, among the lawmakers he'll face is elizabeth warren she released a set of questions she'll cover they include asking for the specifics on the numbers and types of data breach, and how the hackers accessed the equifax network and security flaws on the network that helped hackers. it will be another busy day. >> do you hear anything about the current ceo that has stepped in to fill smith's place going to face lawmakers? jeff sononfeld said it's not helpful to have the former ceo, yes, it happened on his watch, but how has

we also have taken a sneak peek at the prepared remarks that richard smith is expected to make and right, we can tell you he will start with an apology also shed new light and new details on how this breach happened in the first place, and he will acknowledge that while the government did send out a warning two months before the hack happened about potential vulnerabilities that the company took no action other than sending an internal e-mail, so i'm sure lawmakers will be digging in on that he also disclosed more details about the timeline in terms of who knew what and when and in terms of that, it took him nearly a month to notify the full board about the breach. smith is also likely to get some questions about the website that was created for consumers who could be potentially affected by the breach, the security of that site, and also why so many customers had a tough time getting through on the toll free number that was created to help them it will be a busy day here on the hill carl >> aditi, we'll come back to you. let's get across the way to wilfred at wells fargo good morning to

. >> the ousted ceo of equifax, a, richard smith, apologizing to a hostile congressional committee forata breach, but still walkinging away with a $90 million exit package. >>> and o.j. simpson has started the latest chapter of his life outside of prison. he spent the first day of parole working on his golf game, catching up with family and getting a crash course in technology. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, october 4th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we begin this half hour with the dramatic new look at the initial police response to the las vegas massacre. >> this was just released hours ago. body camera video released overnight showing officers frantically trying to figure out where the shots were coming from and how to get concert goers out of harm's way. now some of the officers had been previously assigned to the concert as security, so they were already on the scene. >> this video's obscured. you notice that the officers are wearing those yellow, reflective vests. that's what you're actually seeing. >> everybody get down, get down, get down

. >> that is the ceo of equifax richard smith testifying before the house financial committee as lawmakersswers in the massive data breach. we go live to the hill, and kasie hunt is standing by. what are tray tare they are try accomplish here? >> well, a public apology to try to repair relationships with the public, and the former ceo richard smith is forced out in the wake of the breach, but the hearings also give members of congress a chance to learn more about what happened, and this is the second day of testimony for him on capitol hill, and we have learned some startling new things about how it unfolded, and the time line in particular and how it is problematic. we know that the breach first occurred in may and found out about it in july, but they did not tell the public until september 7th which is something that the members of congress are focused on. another key piece here, and you can see it on the screen of the time line of when they learned these things. another piece of information is that much of the data was not encrypted at all and simply held in a plain text form, and think

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richard smith will tell congress they alerted them in march, fwu company did nothing. a new report suggests it could be a merry holiday shopping season. fewer job cuts and rising wages are giving people confidence to spend on gifts, trips and experiences. the average american is expected to spend $1200 during the holiday season. that's up 6% from last year. nearly 90 people say they plan to buy items in stores versus online. >> i don't know, i'm sticking to online, landon. >> you have to remember the little guy. >> thanks, landon. >>> oracle open world conference continues today in san francisco. it opened sunday. 45,000 people are estimated to be attending. oracle ceo and executive chairman, larry ellison will be speaking today. not just tech ies speaking ther. california senator barbara boxer will be there. it runs through thursday. >>> coming up on tod"today in t bay," kari is tracking the tuesday forecast. >> mostly clear skies. as we get a live look in san jose, we will start out in the low 50s. a cool start, but a beautiful afternoon, once again. we'll talk about

richard smith, the former ceo play defense is lawmakers grilled him for three hours over the company's actions and miss actions. u.s. markets close in about two hours time. let's get a check. record highs. abigail: very tight trading range. it could be the tightest of the year for the s&p 500, and that is saying something. only about a three point range we've seen for that index today. and again today will be a record close for the two major indices, even if the gains we are seeing are not terribly large in today's session. as we see stocks continue to climb, we look at the various measures volatility and what people are doing protection wise to have been falling. we talk about the vix, this is the credit suisse fear barometer that measures the cost of bearish to bullish and the three months option is down for the third straight week. it is looking at declines as we see global stocks complete a six quarter of gains. theal stock here seen in msci all country world index. and that credit suisse fear barometer plunging as we continue to see what some see as complacency in this market. in

yesterday richard smith said the attack happened because of a combination of human and technical error. >> i'm ultimately responsible and i take full responsibility. . here to say to each and every person affected by this breach i'm truly and teamly sorry for what happened. >> the data breach announced last month estimates 145 million americans. smith outlined support packaging for monitoring and a service that allows them to repeatedly lock and unlock their credit files. >>> senator ron wyden wanteds to know how the sex top voting manufacturing plan to protect themselves from cyber attacks. some had said they were targeted by russian hackers in the 2016 election. they said they did not target but at least one state board of election website had been compromised. >>> coming up on the morning news now, restricting abortions. the house passes a bill with support from the white your he? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even higher. you

. >>> former chair and ceo of equifax richard smith testifies about the company's massive data breach. today tuesday, he's before the house energy committee. wednesday, he'll take question from the senate banking committee. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. also tuesday, defense secretary james mattis and joints chief of staff chair general joseph dunford will testify at a house armed services committee hearing on military strategy in south asia. live coverage starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. all those online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in annapolis maryland, asking folks what's the most important issue in their state. >> hi. i'm xena. i live in annapolis, in maryland, and i teach at sta john's college where we're filming now. and an issue that a lot of us in maryland are concerned with is our heritage, the heritage of slievry, and the heritage of the civil war. i'm sure many of you heard, there's a statue of the justice who wrote the dread scott decisio

---otro que manifest su "profunda pena" ante el congreso por el ciber-ataque masivo fue richard smith de "equifax". ---smith asumi total responsabilidad por el hackeo informtico que sufri hace meses la entidad y que pudo exponer la informacin privada de 145 millones de personas. ---desde que se conoci este ciber-ataque, la firma de solvencia crediticia ha sufrido una fuerte cada en el precio de sus acciones y el retiro abrupto de smith. ---las estadísticas sobre la demencia entre los latinos son alarmantes. y cuidar a un familiar con este mal puede ser muy difícil pero hay pasos que puede tomar para evitar padecer cualquier tipo de demencia. arlen fernndez nos explica. arlen banner juan monica arlen el número de latinos que sufrirán del mal de alzheimer y otros tipos de demencia, podría aumentar un 600 por ciento para el año 2050, según la asociación del alzheimer. consumer reports dice que hay cambios significativos que puede hacer en su vida diaria para ayudar a minimizar el riesgo de padecimiento. se estima que los hispanos son más propensos a padecer del mal de alzheimer que los n

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former equifax ceo richard smith facing a grilling on capitol hill.o know how more people were affected by this whole thing. what was scooped up on him, what wasn't. the numbers get bigger and bigger don't they, gerri willis? >> that's right, neil. retired equifax ceo richard smith really earning his pension today as members of the house energy and commerce committee, both democrats and republicans lit into him like a pinata. the big question how did equifax allow hackers into the private information of millions of americans. here is the chairman of the committee, republican greg walden and congressman joe barton, also a republican. >> how does this happen when so much is at stake? i don't think we can pass a law that, excuse me for saying this, but fixes stupid. i can't fix stupid. >> the only way i know to do it, is some, fine per account hacked, that is large enough that even a company that is worth $13 billion would rather protect the data and probably not collect as much data, than just come up here and have to appear to say we're sorry. >> prett

richard smith testified before a house energy and commercial committee today. smith is set to testify on cam tap hill. lawmakers want to know about the data breach and the timing. in his prepared papers smith says it was the act of humaner ofers and they a apologized. senator elizabeth warren went after him we saw republicans and democrats go after >> yahoo, they disclosed that three bill accounts, pretty much every yahoo account was breached a couple minutes years ago. the trump administration decided to expel 15 cuban diplomats from the united states. the decision followed the us embassy staff in havana by more than havment the us is trying to protect its diplomats from unexplained texts that have harmed 21 americans in cuba. the 15 cuban diplomats being expelled from the us have seven days to leave the the cunt requirement americans are becoming more and more confident in the news media. that is according to a reuters poll that came out today. people are less confident in president trump's administration. the shift in trust was not a part san reaction. maybe

. >> reporter: former equifax ceo richard smith took the hot seat this morning in front of a house subcommittee, ready to answer tough questions on the company's massive cybersecurity breach. it's the first of three days of congressional testimony, before the house and senate. smith started with an apology. >> i'm here today to say to each and every person affected by this breach, i'm truly and deeply sorry for what happened. >> reporter: then the grilling began. for about two dozen lawmakers, the questions and rebukes were fast and furious. >> i hope we can give an insurance to this committee and the american people that there will be a bill to give consumers confidences against, because this is a mess. >> reporter: smith revealed it took the company 40 days to notify the public about the breach because at first equifax only noticed suspicious activity and that it took weeks to understand the depth and breadth of the breach. he also said it happened because of human error, with the person neglecting to implement a software patch for the vulnerability, and technical mistakes with a scanner not

richard smith, the company's former ceo who resigned after the scandal will begin testifying before congresshs on wall street yesterday. the major stock indices all closed in the green and it looks like that trend will continue as futures are up as well right now. >>> general motors says it will release two new electric vehicles in the next year and a half. both will be variations of the chevy bolt. plus "gma" intends to have more than 20 electric or hydrogen fuel celled vehicles by 2023. gm hopes to eventually convert its entire model lineup to zero emission cars. >> ♪ >> happening today, the pennsylvania conference for women is today in philadelphia. former first lady michelle obama and hit tv producer shonda rhimes will be headlining the luncheon. these tickets sold out immediately. we will be live streaming the one-on-one on 6abc.com and pa conference for women.org. that is scheduled to begin around 1:30 this morning. i will be dashing out of the studio at the end of the show. i am emceeing the opening breakfast keynote. >> oh, neat. >> actually shonda will speak there as well. looking f

richard smith got a public scolding of sorts at a congressional subcommittee hearing yesterday, he says he takes full responsibility for the hack, and that both technological and human error were responsible. >>> police in chester county are warning residents bay scam carried out by phony utility worker. look at this sketch of the suspect. police say he is pretend to go work for peco. one was highland township. highland township incident police say suspect got away with 11 you this dollars in jewelry. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" two big stars are canceling weekend shows after las vegas shooting. >>> also ahead how cast of the popular movie is reunite to go raise money for victims of the las vegas shooting. >>> move bit late hugh hefner is in the works but who will play hefner? any guests rahel. >> i don't knowy thought you had answer. >> i do have the answer but if i'm just, first impression maybe harrison ford. >> that would be good. >> what do you think, katie. >> no idea. >> okay. >> it be linting. >> interesting. >> don't go anywhere we will have the answer up a few stars a

richard smith said human, and technological errors combined to expose the information of 145 million americans. the department of homeland security notified equifax in march about vulnerable software, and the company fails to protect consumers. >> how does this happen when so much is at stake? i don't think we can pass a law that, excuse me, for saying this, but fixes stupid. >> there you go. smith resigned from equifax after the breach, but he's going to be just fine. he said data security is a national security problem and it will require congress and private companies to work together on a solution. >>> almost inconceivable. okay, that's how the three year search for malaysia airlines flight 370 is being described tonight. there's a fine report out from the australian transport bureau. it concludes that authorities are no closer to learning a reason for the plane's disappearance, or where the heck it january. that plane may rest in a remote part of the southern indian ocean. that plane vanished in march of 2014. >>> october is breast cancer awareness month. new numbers show just h

the former equi fax said he was sorry to congress and richard smith said it was possible due to human and technological error and testified two things happen one the failure to apply a key software patch in march. the other was a scanner not detecting that vulnerability. he said those two errors have now been addressed. the exuifax breach effected an estimated 145 million americans. a double shooting in allentown turnd deadly the corner just identified 28-year-old injury as the homicide victim and she was shot in the afternoon in 700 block of north fourth street investigation underway to what sparked the gunfire and the da says a major drug bucks seized enough fentanyl to kill nearly half the people in montgomery county the synthetic opioid is 50-10 times more potent than morphine and involved in half of overdose deaths and a kilogram of fentanyl seized could be divided in half a million doses da says three suspects arrested for drug trafficking including a dealer in the bronx and two suspects from philadelphia. schools in the pine lands regional district will be closed again tomorrow

richard smith's appearance comes week after the credit monitoring company revealed it was victim to asive hacking attack. 145 million people were put at risk, and smith said they were shocked that equifax got a $7 million contract with the irs to provide verification services, even after the breach occurred. the irs had no immediate response. >>> former ceo was photo bombed in the testimony at the far right of the screen, there's someone dressed as rich uncle penny bags. turns out that, person in a black top hat and white mustache is a woman. amanda warner is part of a group that protests practices by the financial industry. >>> we continue to follow breaking news this morning on the search for a murderer. police comb local neighborhoods to find a gunman who killed a man and injured his wife in their home. >>> plus, searching for answers, new details emerge about the how the deadly rampage unfolded. >>> cool start this morning, 63 degrees at pau 30, and your first alert forecast just ahead. >>> we are closed this morning on the expressway because of a pretty serious crash. i'll tell y