https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/equifax_breach_notification/

Credit reference agency Equifax has been criticised for its breach response in the wake of the disclosure on Thursday of a megahack that affected the data of up to 143 million people in the US alone.

The credit reference agency admitted that criminals may have been able to access data including names, social security numbers, birth dates and more belonging to its US customers from mid-May after exploiting a vulnerable website application. There’s no evidence of unauthorised activity on Equifax’s core consumer or commercial credit reporting databases, according to the credit reference agency.