TransUnion hack exposes data of 4.4 million US consumers
TransUnion said a hack had exposed the personal information of around 4.4 million US consumers. The Social Security numbers of around 17,000 Rhode Island residents were also exposed. The company confirmed that the breach notification letters sent to consumers were genuine, and a class action was brought over the data breach.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- TransUnion
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of around 4.4 million US consumers
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- TransUnion disclosed a breach of personal information affecting around 4.4 million people.
- It emerged that the Social Security numbers of around 17,000 Rhode Island residents had been exposed.
- TransUnion confirmed that its notification letters to consumers were genuine, and it emerged that a class action had been brought over the breach.
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Other incidents at TransUnion
Data breach at TransUnion
A data breach occurred at TransUnion. The scale of the damage, the breach method, the date of the incident and the specific response measures have not been confirmed.
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