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Equifax releases breach numbers

Equifax this week filed documents with Congress and federal regulators detailing the breadth of the massive data breach the company suffered last year.While the outlines of the hacking were known, the filing was an attempt to pin down the number of files accessed in various categories.According to the Equifax statements filed by the Atlanta-based company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and several Congressional committees, among the data accessed by the hackers:• 146.6 million names• 146.6 million dates of birth• 145.5 million Social Security numbers• 99 million addresses• 20.3 million phone numbers• 17.6 million driver’s license numbers• 1.8 million email addresses• 97,500 tax IDs.The papers were filed, the company said, in response to government requests for information.Equifax first announced the breach on Sept.

 

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