Transunion reveals cyber attacks with 4.4 million consumers

Transunion did not identify the seller involved, but a spokesperson sent a statement Housingsay that the company “has identified and contained this event within a few hours.”

“Transunion has recently experienced a cyber incident that influenced third -party application that serves our American consumer support activities. Upon discovery, we quickly contain the problem in which our core credit database was not involved or included credit reports,” was the statement.
“The incident included unauthorized access to limited personal information for a very small percentage of American consumers. We work together with law enforcement and have engaged external cyber safety experts for an independent forensic assessment. Moreover, we will inform consumers and offer credit monitoring services.”

The infringement, which took place on July 28, was discovered within two days. Nationally, around 4.4 million people were hit, including 16,828 in Maine. The company has also submitted disclosures in California.

Transunion said that the exposed information was limited to “specific data elements” and did not contain any credit reports or other core credit information.

The Bureau established in Illinois offers consumers for two years of free credit monitoring through its MyTrudententity Service, as well as fraud assistance.

Transunion manages more than 1 billion consumer profiles worldwide, including 200 million in the US about a third of the income from mortgage companies.

The disclosure comes eight years after rival Equifax In 2017, a data breach revealed that possibly jeopardized the records of 143 million American consumers. The sector remains an excellent goal for hackers because of the sensitive financial and personal information it has.

Note of the editors: This story was updated with a statement from Transunion.