Credit reporting firm Equifax announced on Thursday nearly half of the US population could be impacted by a data breach incident that happened earlier this year.
The information obtained in the breach includes names, social security numbers, birth dates, address, and some driver’s license numbers.
Equifax said 143 million consumers could be impacted. According to census.gov, the US population is just over 325 million.
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