LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing her consumer alert on data breaches following a recent cyber incident at TransUnion that impacted more than 4.4 million people in July.

The breach involved unauthorized access through a third-party application and resulted in the compromise of personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. According to TransUnion, no credit information was accessed.

As a response, affected consumers will receive 24 months of free credit monitoring services, which include alerts for changes to their credit file and proactive fraud assistance.

To protect themselves in the event of a data breach, consumers are urged to take the following steps:

Be cautious of phishing emails

Strengthen or cha

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