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2011 — Experian: One of Experian's clients experienced a breach that…

2011 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

One of Experian's clients experienced a breach that gave unauthorized users access to Experian's pool of consumer names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and account numbers.  Someone gained access to the Experian login information for Iowa Telecommunications and was able to obtain consumer report information in the company's name.

Root cause

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