Equifax Breach Worse Than Originally Reported

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This Saturday, July 21, 2012, photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. / The Associated Press

It’s been about six months since Atlanta-based credit rating company Equifax admitted it had been hacked. More than 140 million people were exposed by the data breach to possible ID theft. According to documents, the company recently handed over to members of Congress, even more sensitive information was obtained as a result of the breach. We talked about the latest investigation with Tamar Hallerman, the Washington D.C. correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.