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Equifax has revealed 2.5 million more Americans than previously thought may have had information compromised in a huge cyber security breach at the firm.
The credit report giant said on Monday about 145.5 million of its US customers might have been affected, up from a previous estimate of 143 million.
The update came a day before former boss Richard Smith testifies in Congress about the attack.
Mr Smith apologised ahead of the hearing for the firm's failings.
Critics say the company failed to take proper steps to guard information - such as Social Security numbers, birth dates and addresses - and waited too long to inform the public.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41474329
This sort of thing is inevitable when we have companies holding so much data on so many people. The more of them there are, the bigger the risk, the larger the task of dealing with breaches and the more lives will be adversely affected by having their personal/financial information misused.
