Cybercriminals exposed millions more people's personal information in the Equifax hack than the company reported last September. The credit monitoring agency previously said hackers accessed personal information of 145.5 million people, including names, Social Security numbers drivers license numbers and addresses. Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first accessed its data. In November, three Democratic senators introduced a data breach disclosure bill, called The Data Security and Breach Notification Act, that could introduce consequences for companies who do not responsibly deal with hacks. If someone at a business knowingly conceals a data breach, they could face up to five years in prison.

Source: CNN March 01, 2018 19:41 UTC