In September 2017, Equifax suffered a massive data breach. Cyber criminals stole personal records of 145 million residents of the US, Canada and the UK. That included names, social security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, credit score dispute forms, and for some users also the credit card numbers and driver license numbers.
A document recently submitted by Equifax to the US Senate Banking Committee reveals attackers also stole taxpayer identification numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, and credit card expiry dates belonging to some Equifax customers.
Equifax noted that the additional exposed information relates to a small number of people.
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