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Experian subsidiary sold personal details to fraudster in six-year scam

31 March 2014 •

US subsidiary of Experian sold 500,000 records to fraudster posing as private investigator

A US subsidiary of credit reference agency Experian released the personal details of more than 500,000 people to a fraudster posing as a private investigator. The records, which included dates and places...

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