Security News > 2017 > September > Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers (The Hackers News)
2017-09-07 15:59
It's ironic—the company that offers credit monitoring and ID theft protection solutions has itself been compromised, exposing personal information of as many as 143 million Americans—that's almost half the country. Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting firm in the US, admitted today that it had suffered a massive data breach somewhere between mid-May and July, which was discovered on
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