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Experian failed to protect consumers from 'one of the largest data security lapses' in US history, lawsuit claims

By Mike Swift ( July 21, 2015, 23:14 GMT | Insight) -- A group of plaintiffs has filed a class-action lawsuit in California against credit reporting giant Experian, seeking statutory damages for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for an alleged failure to detect that a business partner was a criminal fraudster selling personally identifiable information to other identity thieves.A group of plaintiffs has filed a class-action lawsuit in California against credit reporting giant Experian, seeking statutory damages for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for an alleged failure to detect that a business partner was a criminal fraudster selling personally identifiable information to other identity thieves....

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