Security News TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/transunion-suffers-data-breach-impacting-over-44-million-people/

Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States, with BleepingComputer learning the data was stolen from it's Salesforce account.

TransUnion is one of the three major credit bureaus in the United States, alongside Equifax and Experian. It operates in 30 countries, employs 13,000 staff, and has an annual revenue of $3 billion.

It collects and maintains credit information on over 1 billion consumers worldwide, with approximately 200 million of those based in the U.S. This information is shared with 65,000 businesses, including lenders, insurers, and employers.

According to a filing submitted to the Office of the Maine AG, the breach occurred on July 28, 2025, and was discovered two days later.

TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people

Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States, with BleepingComputer learning the data was stolen from it's Salesforce account.

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[Wrecker4923]

In this case, we should subscribe to their identity monitoring and protection /s, or really, we just need protections from these credit agencies in general.

At *insert your favorite agency here*, we freely sell your data. Monitoring and protecting your identity? It’s YOUR problem!!!

 

[cartaphilus]

In this case, we should subscribe to their identity monitoring and protection /s, or really, we just need protections from these credit agencies in general.

At *insert your favorite agency here*, we freely sell your data. Monitoring and protecting your identity? It’s YOUR problem!!!

why subscribe when you can wait a few months for yet another breach and just keep taking the multi year free monitoring offers?

 

[oldschool]

why subscribe when you can wait a few months for yet another breach and just keep taking the multi year free monitoring offers?

Why don't we cut out the middle man, and just sign up directly with the hackers for protection?