From: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deborah M. Todd
In 2013, Delaware-based credit agency Experian discovered a hacker posing as a private investigation company used one of its subsidiaries to gain access to Social Security numbers, birth dates and financial account information for more than 200 million Americans.
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Between Experian, the Office of Personnel Management and a February breach of health care company Anthem Inc. that affected 80 million, the idea that companies collecting personal information should have heightened levels of data security is gaining steam.
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