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Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

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coldfusion
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Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

Occurred on July 28th, discovered July 30th.   

 

https://cybernews.com/security/transunion-third-party-data-breach-customers-exposed/

 

I'm sure there are other articles out there. 

 

 

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Patient957
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Re: Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

Great

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crystal626
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Re: Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

Personal info that's already been out in 50 other breaches? I'm numb to it at this point. 

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TrapLine
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Re: Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted


@crystal626 wrote:

Personal info that's already been out in 50 other breaches? I'm numb to it at this point. 


Time for a refreshment to dull the pain Smiley Surprised

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Jnbmom
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Re: Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

Oh goody another 5.00 settlement check 😂🙄

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Realist
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Re: Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

Many cybersecurity events are a weakness on behalf of employees for lack of awareness, not so much as a brute force attack on a target.  Although, cloud based databases, it's a nice honey pot of information, all gathered into one generous place.  Just go after the honeypot if you want it all.

 

Instead, it's usually the employees using corporate assets while engaging in personal email or platforms.  Responding to phishing emails.  Not keeping personal separate from business, and even then corporate email does hold some phishing possibilities.  It's typically not the IT crew that will allow for this type of vulnerability, but that also doesn't mean they're flawless either.  I do know of some personal events where an CIO dropped the ball and compromised an entire company unintentionally.  Kind of funny actually, but it was an expensive mistake.

 

 

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FlaDude
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@Jnbmom wrote:

Oh goody another 5.00 settlement check 😂🙄


5-10 years from now, probably only worth 3.50 in todays dollars.

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CreditCuriosity
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@FlaDude wrote:

@Jnbmom wrote:

Oh goody another 5.00 settlement check 😂🙄


5-10 years from now, probably only worth 3.50 in todays dollars.


Right.  Probably awaiting payment on like 4-5 class action lawsuits or so.  Not even the $ that matters as the lawyers are the ones that get rich off of them.  

 

All our data is out there in so many places we all should be numb to it at this point.  Bad secuirty and/or bad employee training among other factors.

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Realist
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Re: Transunion discloses data breach, 4.4 million+ believed impacted

I think the last one we received was something like $17.   Felt like a high roller when that one came in.

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$X,XXX in bank rewards in only 12 months.
I like FREE...

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Abuse that score responsibility.

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