TransUnion experienced a cyber incident on July 28 that affected 4,461,511 people and was discovered two days later. The breach involved a third-party application serving US consumer support operations and resulted in unauthorized access to limited personal information. TransUnion stated that no credit information was accessed and offered two years of free credit monitoring and proactive fraud assistance through its Cyberscout subsidiary. The incident is believed to be part of a wider series of Salesforce-related breaches impacting over 700 companies and has been linked to threat groups claiming responsibility. Exposed Social Security numbers significantly increase risks of identity theft and financial fraud.
According to TransUnion, no credit information was accessed during the cyber incident. The company has promised customers two years' free credit monitoring services and proactive fraud assistance from its Cyberscout subsidiary. The incident is widely believed to be just the latest Salesforce breach, following attacks on more than 700 companies, including Google, Adidas, Farmers Insurance, Allianz Life, Workday, Cisco, Chanel and several airlines.
"This incident poses a significantly higher risk to victims than many of the other Salesforce related breaches disclosed so far because it involves Social Security numbers in addition to contact and support data," said Cory Michal, chief security officer at AppOmni. "While most of the previous attacks have exposed sensitive but less critical information, the compromise of SSNs creates far greater potential for identity theft, financial frau
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