### [2017-10-10](/feed/2017/10/10/index.md)

##### Cybercrime
# U.S.-based credit reporting agency Equifax discloses that 15.2 million United Kingdom records were compromised in its May–July 2017 data breach. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-equifax-cyber/equifax-says-15-2-million-uk-records-exposed-in-cyber-breach-idUSKBN1CF2JU)

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