Credit reporting agency TransUnion has disclosed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million customers.
According to a filing with the Maine attorney general, hackers targeted a third-party application used by TransUnion for customer support. The breach occurred on July 28 and was discovered two days later.
In total, 4,461,511 people were affected.
TransUnion is one of the biggest credit reporting agencies in the US. It holds the credit histories of over 260 million US adults. In a letter to impacted customers, TransUnion didn't specify the type of data leaked but said that a specific set of data, excluding credit reports or core credit information, was affected.
The agency is offering two years of free credit monitoring services to those impacted. It is also setting up a fraud assistance line to answer questions customers may have.
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