Equifax Says Breach Included Photos of 56,000 Government Identification Documents
Photos of more than 56,000 American driver's licenses, social security cards, passports and other government-issued IDs were compromised in Equifax’s 2017 data breach (see 1803010033), the company announced Monday. Details were released in an Equifax SEC filing in response to…
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questions from Congress. The report shows the breach affected at least 146.6 million American consumers. “The additional detail provided in the statement," the company said, doesn't "identify additional stolen data or newly impacted consumers, and does not require additional consumer notifications.”