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Experian (2015) data breach (2015)

In September 2015, the US based credit bureau and consumer data broker Experian suffered a data breach that impacted 15 million customers who had applied for financing from T-Mobile.

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Experian (2015)
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7.2M
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2015-09-16, Experian (2015) was affected by a data breach. Approximately 7,196,890 accounts were exposed. In September 2015, the US based credit bureau and consumer data broker Experian suffered a data breach that impacted 15 million customers who had applied for financing from T-Mobile.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Experian(2015)
  2. experian.comhttps://experian.com

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