Experian is notifying some consumers of a breach that resulted in their credit reports being accessed by criminals. The breach occurred on May 14. In this case, the client whose login credentials were compromised and used to access Experian’s database was the Bluegrass Community Federal Credit Union in Ashland, Kentucky. Experian and law enforcement are reportedly investigating how that compromise occurred.
What’s notably missing from Experian’s notification to the state and those affected is any statement as to what Experian is doing or will do to prevent this type of thing from happening again.
This type of breach – where client login credentials are compromised and used to access Experian’s credit report database – has happened over 100 times by now.
