More than 4 million people exposed in TransUnion data breach – what you need to know

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TransUnion, one of the top three credit reporting agencies in the United States, has been involved in a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 4.4 million people.

According to reporting from Cybernews, the breach did not directly target TransUnion itself but occurred through a third-party vendor on July 28th. TransUnion realized there had been a breach two days after the incident.