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Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDPIIHighContained

TransUnion

bd_fd85f6604075cd91 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 30, 2025

Filed

Sep 2, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

25,943state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for TransUnion13 incidents on file

TransUnion LLC reported a cyber incident in Iowa where a threat actor used social engineering to pose as a help desk technician, tricking call center agents into downloading a malicious application. This allowed the actor to access a third-party application serving U.S. consumer support operations on July 28-29, 2025. The incident resulted in the exfiltration of consumer Social Security Numbers affecting approximately 25,943 Iowa residents. TransUnion contained the breach, notified the FBI, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Iowa clock IA AG ≤5 bday5 weeks discovery → filing
unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Jul 28, 2025

Begins

Jul 30, 2025

Discovered

Sep 2, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 7d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGAug 26 · first
Wisconsin State AGAug 26 · first
Delaware State AGAug 26 · first
Iowa State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 26 (IN), last Sep 8 (NE) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.