At least 5.6 million people had their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers stolen in a data breach at 700Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the United States.
In a statement on its website, the Michigan-based company blamed the October data breach on an unidentified bad actor.
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Source: TechCrunch News
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