Equifax revealed Thursday that the breach discovered on July 29 could expose the personal information of about 143 million people in the United States. On social media, several Canadian users expressed frustration with Equifax Canada, calling on the company to let them know how they can check if their personal information has been part of the security breach. @equifaxcanada should Canadians worry about the security breach - hack of Equifax in the US? #equifaxhack #equifaxbreach — @jaimehorwitz@equifaxcanada It would be nice to know for sure if ALL my personal financial information is safe or not. "On a scale of one to 10, this is a 10 in terms of potential identity theft," said Gartner security analyst Avivah Litan.

Source: CBC News September 08, 2017 16:14 UTC