Re:Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Retires After Huge Data Breach
by FilterSweep on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @02:45PM
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I don't have a "credit history" as I've never established a line of credit.
However Equifax offers other services such as Background Checks which more americans are passing off their SSN to, generally unintentionally (its mandatory for work).
This leads me to believe even young people are affected if theyve taken an internship or anywhere (AT ALL) that uses Equifax.
Re:Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Retires After Huge Data Breach
by stordoff on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:56PM
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Are the affected people limited to the US? I know Equifax exists as a brand elsewhere, but I'm not sure how they are structured/which parts of the business the breach affected.
There are about 250 million adults in the US.
I would take that to mean that if you're a US adult, with any sort of credit history, you're affected. The affected data for the larger 143 million was: "Most of the consumer information accessed includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some instances, driver’s license numbers."
There's also a smaller set that had even more data exposed:
"In addition, credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 consumers and certain dispute documents, which included personal identifying information, for approximately 182,000 consumers were accessed."