Equifax Says 2.5 Million More Americans May Be Affected by Hack
A shopper uses a credit card to purchase clothing in a Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) store at the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Thursday, March 22, 2012. The New York-based Conference Board is scheduled to release consumer confidence data on March 27.
Photographer: George Frey/BloombergNew York (AP) -- Credit report company Equifax said Monday that an additional 2.5 million Americans may have been affected by the massive security breach of its systems, bringing the total to 145.5 million people who had their personal information accessed or stolen.
Equifax said the company it hired to investigate the breach, Mandiant, has concluded its investigation and plans to release the results "promptly." The company also said it would update its own notification for people who want to check if they were among those affected by Oct. 8.