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Posted: 2017-09-08T05:22:16Z | Updated: 2018-10-07T00:12:31Z

Everyone should be worried about the latest cybersecurity breach.

Equifax, one of the main credit score providers in America, announced Thursday that the company was the victim of a large-scale hack that exposed the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of an estimated 143 million Americans.

Hackers gained access to names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some drivers license numbers. About 209,000 customers credit card numbers were also exposed, as well as dispute documents containing personal information for about 182,000 customers.

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