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185,000 People Get SSNs Spilled in 7-Eleven Data Breach

A 7-Eleven breach exposed SSNs, licenses and personal data for 185,000+ people, raising long-term identity-theft risks.

Key takeaways

  • A breach 7-Eleven described as involving franchisee documents now includes the kind of personal data that can follow people for years: **names, dates of birth, pos...
  • The convenience store chain’s data breach affects more than 185,000 people, according to TechCrunch, citing Have I Been Pwned and state attorney general listings. ...
  • Franchisee documents became a 185,000-person data breach
  • The breach centers on 7-Eleven systems used to store franchisee documents, according to filings cited in the reports. Maine’s attorney general listing names 7-Elev...

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