FROM DAILY MAIL: Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion has been struck by a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the US.
TransUnion is one of the three major credit reporting agencies in the country, along with Equifax and Experian.
The breach took place on July 28 and was discovered two days later, according to documents filed with Maine’s attorney general.
The hackers gained access to Social Security numbers, but they did not get anyone’s credit information, TransUnion said.
That attack was perpetrated by a hacking group known as ShinyHunters. TransUnion was only a part of the overall crime, according to BleepingComputer. The larger attack targeted a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform that stole files containing company names and their customer’s contact details.
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