Experian (2015) data breach
In September 2015, Experian (2015) suffered a data breach that exposed credit status information, dates of birth, email addresses, ethnicities, family structure, genders, home ownership statuses, income levels, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and purchasing habits. The breach affected 7,196,890 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan. This breach is flagged as unverified, which means the exposed data has not been fully confirmed.
- Breach date
- September 16, 2015
- Added to this tracker
- September 6, 2016
- Accounts affected
- 7,196,890
- Company domain
- experian.com
- Data exposed
- Credit status information, dates of birth, email addresses, ethnicities, family structure, genders, home ownership statuses, income levels, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and purchasing habits
- Status
- Unverified
Was my information in the Experian (2015) breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Experian (2015) before September 2015, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the Experian (2015) breach, the exposed data was credit status information, dates of birth, email addresses, ethnicities, family structure, genders, home ownership statuses, income levels, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and purchasing habits.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Experian (2015) right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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