ShellCodeX Breach Report
Experian (2015) Data Breach
experian.com
Unverified
Accounts exposed
7,196,890
Breach date
16 Sep 2015
Added to tracker
06 Sep 2016
Data classes
13
What happened
In September 2015, the US based credit bureau and consumer data broker Experian suffered a data breach that impacted 15 million customers who had applied for financing from T-Mobile. An alleged data breach was subsequently circulated containing personal information including names, physical and email addresses, birth dates and various other personal attributes. Multiple Have I Been Pwned subscribers verified portions of the data as being accurate, but the actual source of it was inconclusive therefor this breach has been flagged as "unverified".
Exposed data
Credit status information
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Ethnicities
Family structure
Genders
Home ownership statuses
Income levels
IP addresses
Names
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Purchasing habits
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Experian (2015) — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
