A leaked set of disclosures made by Equifax to the US Senate have
revealed that the breach of 145.5 million Americans’ sensitive financial
data was even worse than suspected to date: in addition to data like
full legal names, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and home
addresses, it appears that Equifax also breached drivers’ license
numbers and issue-dates.
Equifax seems to acknowledge that drivers’ licenses were included in the
breach, but claims that its failure to mention this up until now does
not present any kind of problem, as its disclosures to date were “not
exhaustive” – a self-evident statement, in retrospect.
