About 143 million Americans could be affected by a cyberattack on the credit monitoring company Equifax.
The Atlanta-based company said Thursday the hackers obtained names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses of more than 40 percent of the U.S. population.
“Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized access occurred from mid-May through July 2017,” the company said in a statement.
The company said credit card numbers were also compromised for some 209,000 U.S. consumers, as were credit dispute accounts for 182,000 people.
Additionally, limited personal information was also compromised for some in Britain and Canada.
Equifax said it doesn’t believe that any consumers from other countries were affected.
The company has established a website to enable consumers to determine if they are affected and will be offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to customers.
Equifax is one the largest credit-reporting companies in the U.S.
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