Equifax Hackers Stole Info on 693,665 UK Residents
Summary: Equifax said its investigation into the breach disclosed on Sept. 7 found intruders took a file containing 15.2 million UK records, and it will notify 693,665 UK consumers by mail, up from an earlier figure of roughly 400,000. The affected data includes 12,086 email addresses, 14,961 partial membership details such as usernames, passwords and partial credit card details, 29,188 driver's license numbers and 637,430 phone numbers, some dating back to 2011, and Equifax did not say whether any of it was encrypted.
Why it matters: The UK's National Cyber Security Centre warned that stolen details let fraudsters craft phishing messages that quote real names, birth months and phone number digits to appear genuine, so the breach's second act lands on the same 693,665 people Equifax is now writing to.
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