"Credit reporting giant TransUnion has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 4.4 million customers' personal information. In a filing with Maine's attorney general's office on Thursday, TransUnion attributed the July 28 breach to unauthorized access of a third-party application storing its customers' personal data. TransUnion claimed "no credit information was accessed," but provided no immediate evidence for its claim. The data breach notice did not specify what specific types of personal data were stolen."
"TransUnion is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the United States, and stores the financial data of more than 260 million Americans. It's the latest U.S. corporate giant to have been hacked in recent weeks following a wave of hacks targeting the insurance, retail, and transportation and airline industries. Several companies, including Google, Allianz Life, Cisco,and HR giant Workday, reported data breaches of customer data stored in their Salesforce-hosted cloud databases."
TransUnion reported unauthorized access on July 28 that impacted more than 4.4 million customers' personal information through a third-party application. The company asserted that no credit information was accessed but did not provide immediate evidence or specify which personal data elements were taken. A TransUnion spokesperson did not comment when contacted. TransUnion stores financial data for more than 260 million Americans. The incident follows a recent wave of hacks affecting insurance, retail, transportation, and airline industries, with several firms using Salesforce-hosted cloud databases reporting exposures. The responsible actor and any demands remain unclear.
Read at TechCrunch
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]