Equifax, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach affecting Equifax, Inc. on September 7, 2017. The breach occurred between May 16, 2017, and July 31, 2017, potentially impacting 3,243,664 U.S. residents, including personal information such as names and Social Security numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9735

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/equifax

"id": "equ819072825",
"linkid": "equifax",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3243664,
                        'industry': 'Credit Reporting',
                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'Equifax, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3243664,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2017-07-31',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-09-07',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach affecting Equifax, Inc. on September 7, 2017. '
                'The breach occurred between May 16, 2017, and July 31, 2017, '
                'potentially impacting 3,243,664 U.S. residents, including '
                'personal information such as names and Social Security '
                'numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-09-07',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Equifax Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}