In 2013, thieves stole 40 million Target customers’ credit card numbers and 70 million customers’ personal information, including names, emails, and mailing addresses. Those 70 million customers were at high risk of identity theft.[563] And it’s not just Target: all of Yahoo’s 3 billion accounts were hacked in 2013, letting thieves steal birthdates and phone numbers,[564] and in 2017 hackers got access to 143 million Americans’ social security numbers when they hacked the credit reporting agency Equifax.[565]
