Additionally, credit card numbers for about 209,000 people were exposed, as was "personal identifying information" on roughly 182,000 customers involved in credit report disputes. It gets its data -- without you even knowing -- from credit card companies, banks, retailers, and lenders. Equifax will not be contacting everyone who was affected, but will send direct mail notices to those whose credit card numbers or dispute records were accessed. Related: 143 million people could be affected by Equifax breachThe company suggests you sign up for credit file monitoring and identity theft protection. It is providing free service for one year through TrustedID Premier -- whether or not you've been affected by the breach.

Source: CNN September 07, 2017 23:36 UTC