rest - http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/08...what-happened/Let’s just go ahead and assume that some stranger now knows your Social Security number, credit card numbers, home address and birth date.
Because even if you weren’t among the 143 million consumers whose private data was potentially exposed in the Equifax Inc. breach, the person next to you probably was since it affected more than half of all U.S. adults.
The Equifax hack, which became public Thursday, angered and confused people everywhere, especially after the massive credit reporting agency apologized on Twitter saying, “Once discovered, we acted immediately to stop the intrusion.” Equifax took six weeks to notify the public, which many of the 1,300 people who replied to the Tweet — including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren — pointed out.
“The grim truth is your personal information is probably already in someone else’s hands,” said Tom Hegel, a senior threat researcher with ProtectWise in Denver.