AG Paxton Issues Consumer Alert Following Equifax Data Breach Reportedly  Affecting Nearly 12 Million Texans

AG Paxton Issues Consumer Alert Following Equifax Data Breach Reportedly  Affecting Nearly 12 Million Texans

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued a consumer alert following a report from Equifax Inc., one of the nation’s three major credit reporting agencies, that it experienced a data breach affecting 143 million Americans, including nearly 12 million Texans. From mid-May through July, hackers accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s license numbers from Equifax credit reports. Around 209,000 individuals had their credit card numbers stolen. Equifax revealed […]