Equifax discovers another 2.4 million customers hit by data breach

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N), a provider of consumer credit scores, on Thursday said it found another 2.4 million U.S. consumers hit by a data breach last year, bringing the total to 147.9 million.

The company said the latest batch of consumers affected had their names and driver’s license information stolen, but noted less information was taken because it did not include home addresses, driver’s license states, dates of issuances, or expiration dates.

On Sept. 8, the company disclosed that personal details of as many as 143 million U.S. consumers were accessed by hackers between mid-May and July. (reut.rs/2t2fDyU)

A month later, Equifax said 2.5 million more customers were affected in what is one of the largest data breaches in the U.S.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-equifax-cyber/equifax-discovers-another-2-4-million-customers-hit-by-data-breach-idUSKCN1GD5C7

[PatSeg]

1. 147.9 million U.S. consumers?

There are only 244 million adults in the United States.

[turbinetree]

2. And just think who is protecting us .......at the CFPB.......Mick Mulvaney.......................not

[Ccarmona]

3. Yet the Financial Industry Still Considers Equifax to be the Gold Standard

In consumer reporting. They make decisions daily based affecting millions of people (& billions of dollars) on the information Equifax provides (as well as Experian & Trans Union). The Repugs in Congress want to make sure we get less consumer protections. Anybody else see a problem here?

[melm00se]

4. More reasons

to freeze your credit, leave that way until you need it and then only unfreeze it for a few days.

https://www.freeze.equifax.com/Freeze/jsp/SFF_PersonalIDInfo.jsp

https://freeze.transunion.com/sf/securityFreeze/landingPage.jsp

https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html

[Firestorm49]

5. No Repercussion?

I try to stay informed, but I do not recall reading anywhere about anybody at Equifax being at fault for compromising the personal information of 147M consumers. Nobody goes to jail. Nobody gets their pretty little wrist slapped. La Ti Dah.