https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjjv99/class-action-lawyers-say-equifax-cant-prevent-you-from-suing-them

The social security numbers of 143 million people—roughly half of all Americans—were recently compromised when hackers stole personal information from credit monitoring firm Equifax. In many cases, home addresses and birth dates were also compromised.

Now, predictably, the class action lawsuits are beginning to trickle in. One class will seek "as much as $70 billion in damages nationally," according to Bloomberg. Whether these lawsuits will hold up in court, however, is less certain.