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3 Oct 2017

Equifax breach hit 2.5 million more Americans than first believed

Equifax said hackers might have stolen the personal information of 2.5 million more U.S. consumers than it initially estimated, bringing the total to 145.5 million.

The company said the additional customers were not victims of a new attack but rather victims who the company had not counted before. Equifax hired the forensic security firm Mandiant to investigate the breach, and it finished its report on Sunday. News of the new victims comes on the eve of congressional testimony to be given by Equifax’s former CEO Richard Smith, who will address a House subcommittee on Tuesday. He was forced into retirement last week in the wake of the attack.

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8 Sep 2017

Equifax data breach impacts 143 million Americans

Equifax is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in America, which makes an announcement the company just issued particularly disconcerting. An authorized third party gained access to Equifax data on as many as 143 million Americans.

That's nearly half the population of the United States as of the last census. Equifax announced the incident this afternoon. Included among files accessed by hackers was a treasure trove of personal data: names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses. In some cases -- Equifax states around 209,000 -- the records also included actual credit card numbers. Documentation about disputed charges was also leaked. 

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