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Breach occurred 2015-09-16experian.com
What happened
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".
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Experian (2015) data breach occurred on September 16, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on September 6, 2016.
7,196,890 accounts were affected by the Experian (2015) data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Experian (2015) breach exposed the following data types: 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.
Have I Been Pwned has not independently verified the Experian (2015) breach. Unverified breaches can still be genuine — verification just means HIBP hasn't been able to confirm the data's authenticity directly, often because the source is a smaller or less-publicized incident.
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