Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency, has revealed that hackers breached the company's data, putting potentially millions of users' sensitive information at risk.
The New York Times reports that information of possibly 143 million Americans, including Social Security and driver's license numbers, may have been compromised in the hack, affecting a third of the country's population in what may be one of the nation's largest data breaches ever. The Times states that hackers would also have access to basic information like names, birthdays, and home addresses, while a reported 209,000 Equifax customers had their credit card numbers stolen.
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The New York Times reports that information of possibly 143 million Americans, including Social Security and driver's license numbers, may have been compromised in the hack, affecting a third of the country's population in what may be one of the nation's largest data breaches ever. The Times states that hackers would also have access to basic information like names, birthdays, and home addresses, while a reported 209,000 Equifax customers had their credit card numbers stolen.
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