Experian

Experian

Data Breach

experian.com

6,125,548

Records Exposed

Sep 2015

Date of Breach

Database

Breach Type

Jul 2022

Added to Database

About This Breach

In September 2015, the US based credit bureau and consumer data broker Experian suffered a data breach that impacted 15 million customers who had applied for financing from T-Mobile. An alleged data breach was subsequently circulated containing personal information including names, physical and email addresses, birth dates and various other personal attributes. Multiple Have I been pwned subscribers verified portions of the data as being accurate, but the actual source of it was inconclusive therefor this breach has been flagged as unverified.

Compromised Data Types

IP Address First Name Last Name Email Address

Country

United States

Language

English

Password Storage

no passwords

Category

Finance

Indexed On

Jul 25, 2022

Breach Type

Database

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