TransUnion, one of the top three credit reporting agencies in the United States, has been involved in a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 4.4 million people.
According to reporting from Cybernews, the breach did not directly target TransUnion itself but occurred through a third-party vendor on July 28th. TransUnion realized there had been a breach two days after the incident.
Over 4.4 million customers may have had their personal details exposed. According to the company, exposed details were limited to ‘specific data elements’ which would vary from person to person and TransUnion itself may not even know what those details may be. Though TransUnion is working with both law enforcement in an investigation and with third-party cybersecurity experts in an indep