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Oi, you. Equifax. Cough up half a million quid for fumbling 15 million Brits' personal info to hackers

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Re: Gob = smacked

Credit agencies share data - how did they get your drivers licence number - did you pay with a credit card by any chance? You gave them your address and birthday and they cross referenced that to your bank details ... and on and on.

In the Louisiana all you need is the first and last name, zip code and birth date and you can determine each voters political party from a public web-site. The credit agencies gather all this information and then sell it ...

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