1 Equifax
You’ve probably heard of the Equifax breach. That’s largely because it’s not just one of the worst breaches of 2017, it’s possibly one of the worst breaches of all time. The credit score company said that attackers actually accessed account details for around 143 million customers — if you live in the U.S., there’s a roughly one in two chance that you’ve been affected if you have a credit report.
Worryingly, that breach also included extremely sensitive information like social security numbers, driver’s license information and credit card details for around 200,000 people. That kind of data, of course, can be extremely damaging in the wrong hands. If you’re concerned, Equinox has a tool that lets you know how likely it is that you’ve been affected.