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September 16, 2015 Sensitive Record Credit reporting

Experian (2015) Alleged Data Exposure

Experian (2015) data breach should be considered in the context of the major 2015 security incident at credit bureau and consumer data company Experian, which was linked to customer data held…

7.2 Million
Email Identifiers
13
Data Types
Critical
Exposure Scope
No
Verification

Exposed Data Types

13
Credit status information
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Ethnicities
Family structure
Genders
Home ownership statuses
Income levels
IP addresses
Names
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Purchasing habits

Additional Information

Added DateSeptember 6, 2016
Breach DateSeptember 16, 2015
Domainexperian.com
SourceUnverified consumer data broker dataset
Last Content UpdateJuly 18, 2026

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Record Information

Record NameExperian
CategoryCredit reporting
CountryUnited States
Related Websiteexperian.com

Risk Level

Critical

The reported impact exceeds 1 million and falls within the critical severity band.

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