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Contact Us | Privacy Policy TRANSUNION BREACHED, CONSUMERS' FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXPOSED Amber Neely | Nov 10, 2022 Article Hero Image 13 Comments Facebook Twitter Reddit AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. TransUnion has sent letters to consumers alerting them to a recent data breach that compromised a wide array of their personal and financial information. On Monday, TransUnion reported a data breach with the Massachusetts Attorney General. It currently isn't known how many people were affected in the breach. According to JDSupra, TransUnion said that the breach resulted in names, full Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and complete driver's license numbers being compromised. TransUnion has sent letters to all affected parties with instructions to help protect themselves from identity theft and fraud. Watch the Latest from AppleInsider TV Powered By 10 macOS Ventura Review: Should You Upgrade to Apple's Latest Mac OS!? Share Next Stay TransUnion is one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies, collating information from more than a billion users globally and 200 million files in the United States alone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Comments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTS (13) MACMAVERICKK said about 4 days ago Yay. Maybe we’ll get free credit monitoring services for the next year like Experian did following their data breach. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DARKVADER said about 4 days ago Oh good, another pitiful settlement coming. It's time to make these HURT. We need corporate 'prison'. Cease all operations for 20 years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KIEHTAN said about 4 days ago > That was Equifax, FYI > > macmaverickk said: > Yay. Maybe we’ll get free credit monitoring services for the next year like > Experian did following their data breach. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILEMAKERFELLER said about 4 days ago > darkvader said: > Oh good, another pitiful settlement coming. > > It's time to make these HURT. We need corporate 'prison'. Cease all > operations for 20 years. > > > It might be more effective to prevent them from offering services digitally > for a given number of years/months. After all, if they've proven that their > attitude to information security is lax and their adherence to various > regulations and "industry standards" is flawed there is no justification for > them to continue operating such services. > > If there hasn't been a breach of their paper records, they can still use > those. Otherwise, yank their financial services license. No way any > organisation that can't keep its own house in order should be passing any sort > of judgement on the suitability of an individual for anything. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZEUS423 said about 4 days ago It will take someone "important" to get hurt financially before any kind of real action will ever be taken against these negligent companies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More on the forums... 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