Experian to pay millions in lawsuit settlement, Illinois residents impacted

CHICAGO - Experian will pay more than $16 million to settle lawsuits over a nationwide data breach.

The breach in 2015 compromised the personal information of more than 15 million people.

Those impacted had submitted credit applications with T-Mobile.

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The Illinois attorney general says more than 735,000 people in our state were impacted.

In addition, those impact by the breach are eligible for free credit monitoring under the settlement. More information can be found HERE.