Equifax, a company that specializes in disseminating unsecured user information, upped its game. Despite having already loosed the personal data of around 143 million people into the wild,
Equifax still felt that they could do better. After much effort,
they’ve managed to pinch off the data of 2.4 million more people for
identity fraud aficionados to leverage. What an amazing achievement!
According to Reuters, despite their zest for massive security breaches, the company has framed its latest efforts with a good deal of humility:
The
company said the latest batch of consumers affected had their names and
driver’s license information stolen, but noted less information was
taken because it did not include home addresses, driver’s license
states, dates of issuances, or expiration dates.
Oh,
you should know that the company sometimes dabbles in providing credit
score information, too. In a statement to the media, Equifax promised
that they’ll be reaching out to their newly affected millions to inform
them of the breach as soon as possible.
