Equifax hack puts data of 400,000 UK customers at risk
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US credit rating firm's announcement comes after UK authorities order it to alert British clients of cybersecurity breach
About 400,000 people in the UK may have had their information stolen following a cybersecurity breach at the credit monitoring firm Equifax.
The US company said an investigation had revealed that a file containing UK consumer information "may potentially have been accessed".
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